Quote:
Originally Posted by Steven Tyler
Why would an infielder be scared to throw the ball back to the pitcher? They field it and throw to a base.
What's the difference if he throws the ball to the pitcher and then calls time and runs to the mound? Do you not grant time then?
It makes me wonder why a few seconds are so precious. Makes me think you don't want to be there in the first place. Games vary, so what. I'll bet some will crap their pants if the game goes extra innings.
I have never had a problem with excessive timeouts. When they start playing with a clock and giving each team a certain amount of timeouts, then I will worry more about it.
|
Another reason why we don't kill it for defense, is that we are thus killing it for the offense...we have all seen the VERY aggressive runner or team, with a runner at third, that loves to time their run to take advantage of a lazy or unaware team that is slow bringing the ball in....they often bolt for home....keep the ball alive for the offense, it's their game too......