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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
I believe the double first base is a waste of time and effort.
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You forgot money.
If you accept as a fact of the game that the proper way to play the position is not being taught and is unlikely to be taught / played, then ASA (and others) mandating the double first base makes sense.
While it is true that it does not offer a safer play in all situations, it is true that it does offer a safer play in the routine play at first with a F3 playing the way most F3's play in the JO game. After all, these same coaches are teaching the F3 to get in the way of runners all the time. Which, of course, also led in part to the adjustment in the OBS rule and the infamous POE wording. (JMO, obviously).