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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
The coaches need to teach those middle infielders at a young age that if the runner doesn't slide or run out of the baseline to avoid interfering with the throw, to chuck it right at their melon. They will soon learn to "slide or avoid" whenever they are forced and a play is made on them.
This is how we learned the game, so what is the sense in babying the youth of today?
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Child abuse used to be okay, too. Whitey Ford "pitched" cigarettes that helped him win games. Ty Cobb sharpened his spikes and aimed high.
Ahhhhh. The good old days.