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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
The hybrid stance is (a) pivot foot "across" the rubber as if in the windup, AND (b) free foot in front of (a line through the front edge of) the rubber as if in the set.
It has nothing to do with the angle of the free foot. Maybe we're just describing the same thing in different ways.
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I don't do FED baseball, so it may just be a misunderstanding on my part. I thought the hybrid referred to the "open" set stance that righties like to do with a runner at first.
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