well. it might be a kid who is close to one of the coaches. or maybe a coaches son. so in order to make him feel "special" or "needed" they put him into pitch. but if its all stars. you should put your top pitchers in, not your lower pitchers that are just there as "fills"

they might be doing really really good!!!!!!!!!!!

It's just a game! Try to stay focused on your own skills. In the end, your progession
to the next level will not involve that game or pitcher.

Some all star games are used as a tune up for the division play-offs, ususaly with the pick-ups from the 3rd place team. ( I coach Texas Teenage BB, not Little league so I'm not familiar with those rules)
We use the first and second place teams from each division, so it's not a true "all stars" game. When you get to the playoffs, some of the kids won't even sniff the field, so that may be the last game of the year for them, We play some of those kids just to get them more playing time. As the game goes on, I usually put in my 3 pickups so they get to jell with the team.

Usually, before the game the coaches will have some understanding of each others gameplan, ie, whether its just a "feel good" scrimmmage OR a real ballgame. In my experience, the scrimmage type game is prefered by most coaches. With the last of the game played more like a "real" game that you will be seeing in the district playoffs.

Unfortuantely, some of the games go really bad quickly, trying to let the lesser players have playing time and the better players have to suffer through it. As was said before, you should just concentrate on your game and at-bats. Measure how well you did, not the team. ( we played last night, this is the senario that we just went through)

Last night, I was trying to watch the score to make sure we got the 6 innings in, but one blast put us up 10-1 in the 3rd. I told the players that any hit they got, only take 1st. I needed to see my other players play defence and I had a pick-up pitcher who I needed to see, we needed the extra innings. Unfortunately, the other pitchers walked my batters and we still had a shortened game.

All that said to make this point, if the pitcher is as bad as you say, he'll probably not be seeing any mound time for the rest of the season. That may be one reason that the coach put him in. So the kids happy, the parents, etc. Now at the end of the game, everybody can group hug, tell everyone how wonderful they played, and sing Kum Bah Ya, before the real team is assembled for the play-offs. Been there, have many t-shirts.

Your there 2 win it is the best 2 out of 3??? This is All Stars best 2 out of 3 even his own dad could not understand why they were leaving him in?? You give the game away? The other Team had there Pitchers ready? Try someone else . you do not leave a kid in an All Star Game to give up that many runs in an All Star Game Sorry Folks!!! That is ridiculous!!!

In other words our Team was in the same situation the other night and it was wild!! A 9 year old pitcher is gonna walk some batters or give up 3 runs but when it gets to 12 and 13 that is ridulous you have players fallining a sleep in the outfeild try someone else (not my son) anybody you wait ti lthey score 14 runs????

I don' know why the coach left him in the game, but to score that many runs, the pitcher had to throw close to 130 pitches, considering he had to face 35 hitters to be able to score that many runs, at 9 that's almost criminal. Coaches should always be concern about safety first and winning second.