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Actually Sam it was her first game to catch in 3 years but she has been playing ball for 12 or 13 years (our regular catcher,who would not have made the right choice, was injured and this girl was pressed into duty). Another point your post brought to mind is some of the coaching tactics I have seen in the past. I have seen some teams teach kids to run to first base on strikeouts( sometimes even if the ball isn't dropped). They do this just in case a similar situation arises. Many times the catcher will throw down to an occupied first base which allows runners on 2nd to advance easily. This is something that we worked on with our kids after the aforementioned incident.
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