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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
There's a lingo problem here.
Hit-and-run is a specific term used in the US where a runner will take off as if he's stealing. Most times, this runner does not have the speed to steal, so the batter has an obligation to swing at the pitch in order to put it into play.
Usually, the hit-and-run is designed to take advantage of the the hole created when F4 or F6 cover second.
It is REALLY run-and-hit, but that's not what we call it here. Saying hit-and-run and meaning hit-and-then-run would confuse most, if not all Americans that know baseball.
Rich
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Oh, look this is getting really SILLY. I used the term "hit-and-run play" to distinguish what was described from a "steal". That's all. It quite literally WAS a "hit-and-run play", okay a "hit-and-then-run play", even though that doesn't jibe with the usual understanding of when such plays are initiated. I wasn't trying to DEFINE what is a "hit-and run play". I was trying to show what is NOT a "steal". *sigh*
I'm sorry if my pecadillo caused some confusion among some of you 'mericans. It really was such a small matter in relation to the original post as to be not worth raising UNLESS, like BFair, you are hunting for every "pin" on which to hang a poster! [pun intended] *Sheesh!*
Cheers