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Originally Posted by DG
First, I will say that I would not call FPSR on a runner 6-10 feet from the bag. I played SS and 2B when I was youngster and a runner 6-10 feet from the bag is not in my way on a throw to 1B. Any decent middle infielder can make a slight adjustment to throw by him.
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Sometimes on the internet people have posted about how they think it is funny when the first base coach tells Johnny to break up the double play because there is no legal way to break up a double play. So what if that slight adjustment slowed down the fielder just enough that the BR was safe at first? If you are allowing runners to intentionally get hit by throws (if you ingore it long enough, coaches will begin teaching their runners to go in standing up) and alter the throws of fielders by going in standing up you are letting the offense break up the double play.