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Old Mon Mar 19, 2007, 12:03pm
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Originally Posted by 3appleshigh
The catcher should be taught that it is better to hit the runner, then to lob it past the firstbaseman.
The catcher should not be taught anything of the sort.

The catcher should be taught to clear the running lane, ignore the BR, and throw to F3 as if there was no runner. If it turns out BR illegally interferes with a quality throw, you have an out.

Any coach teaching the catcher to hit the runner runs the risk of getting a no-INT call if the umpire rules the throw was a try to hit the runner as opposed to a quality throw to retire him.
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