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Old Tue Jun 07, 2005, 12:46pm
DownTownTonyBrown DownTownTonyBrown is offline
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Absolutely right.

Always exit your position from behind the plate to the LEFT of the catcher; he is on your right side now. AS YOU ARE MOVING, watch the ball be fielded. Keep moving out into the infield - towards the pitcher's mound is good, keeping the fielders, the ball, and the batter-runner on your right side. AS THE THROW IS MADE find yourself a spot with a view of 1st base, the runner, and the flight of the ball - you should have been moving towards that spot all along. STOP moving, get SET, and watch the ball reach the 1st baseman. Watch to see that the ball is actually caught/controlled. Make your call.

That training has got to be worth $0.50. E-mail it to me. Thanks!
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