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Old Thu May 24, 2007, 03:16pm
mcrowder mcrowder is offline
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Originally Posted by GarthB
In my area we are constrained by what our association has deemed appropriate mechanics. (CCA for the most part) Foul territory is rarely a first or good choice.

With F3 moving toward his bag and then touching the outfield side of it, and F1 down the line, the fair side 90 puts me in position to see the play, keeps me out of harms way and places me in the perfect spot to take the runner to second and beyond on a bad throw.
I'm starting to prefer 1SF to 90 degrees, and I've not found myself out of position (yet) when trying it.
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