Measures of Performance: A Losing Record with a Winning Spirit

How do you measure performance in a recreational league?
Do you take into account bad umpires who don't seem to know the rules of the game?
Does your assessment take into account teams from competitive leagues who stay sharp in the off-season by playing in a recreational league?
Do the league mandated priorities of first fun, second learning, third winning play any role?

Although we have one game remaining, we will end this season with a losing record (currently, we are 1-7-1). However, we started the season with 5 of 14 players who had significant problems hitting a pitched ball. At our last game, every player on our roster got a hit. We started the season with 7 of 14 players who did not understand the basic flow of the game or how to get the other team out. At our last game, we held a very good team to two points in the first inning (a significant accomplishment for our team).

Everyone plays both infield and outfield. Everyone has improved. Our defensive play as a team has improved by leaps and bounds. And we're having fun. Although it is always more fun to win, we are enjoying the game of baseball.

Unfortunately, the scoreboard has been stubbornly resistant to measuring our true performance.

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