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Originally Posted by Justme561
I guess I haven't done enough 'baby ball' where things like this happen.
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Wow... what is your problem, sir. Baby ball? I've seen this on MLB. Do you teach your batter-runner to simply run into the tag if F3 has the ball in front of him?
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Run all the way back to HP hoping that the fielder will fall down? Did you coach your players to do that? Hopefully the opposing coach taught his fielders to throw the ball to 1B when the BR ran toward HP. I admit it Rich, I do not understand that strategy. But maybe some day I will so that I can be as good of an umpire as you think you are.
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Of course they should throw to first. But if your BR keeps running, they don't have to. Retreating forces them to chase or throw to first, giving any other runner more time.