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Aaaah, David
However, if we truly buy into "Angle over Distance", then the PU staying home gives that edge.
It also allows the PU to drift towards the dead ball line to see the angle even more clearly.
Somehow the mechanic has become a cause that the "PU is a lazy slacker" if he doesn't come out and help at third.
My process is thus:
As PU when that situation occurs I busy myself by:
1) Clearning the bat from home plate area (sorry Rich),
2) Glancing as the BR touches bases,
3) Always watching the ball ("Keep your eye with dillegence on the ball"),
4) Check the Plate area for other obstructions if there possibly could be a play,
5) and as the play moves into third base I move to the first base line extended position to ready for over throws.
While I don't cover many miles I am still involve, intimately, in the play.
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