Sun Feb 01, 2009, 10:03am
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Get away from me, Steve.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 15,785
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aschramm
While I don't agree with this mechanic either, it did save me once. Bases empty, batter hits a deep one to the outfield. I started creeping up the third base line because I could see my partner wasn't keeping up with the runner (60' bases), and ended up calling the runner out at 3rd. Had I not been there, the BU would've been making that call somewhere from half-way between 2nd and 3rd.
But then again, maybe this doesn't fall under mechanics, as much as it does to know what (or what not) your partner is capable of.
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On a small diamond? That's about the time you shoot the old horse with your service revolver.
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