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[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Spence

Thanks, although I don't understand why you would consider it dumb to throw to first to try to pick off a runner.

R1 and R2? Why are they trying to pick off R1? Where's he gonna go?

[Spence]

Originally Posted by mbyron

R1 and R2? Why are they trying to pick off R1? Where's he gonna go?

Why not pick him off and get an out?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Spence

Why not pick him off and get an out?

Do you understand that holding R1 on 1B is costly for the defense?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Do you understand that holding R1 on 1B is costly for the defense?

It could have been a "back door" pick-off play, or similar.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

It could have been a "back door" pick-off play, or similar.

Sure, it's possible to pick off R1 when you've got R1 & R2. I'm suggesting that such a play is risky; the back-door pick-off is especially so. That's why we don't see it much.

And since we don't see it, our mechanics don't need to factor it in much.

And that's why we're in C with R1 & R2. (I vaguely remember that this mechanic has something to do with how we got into all of this about picking off R1 and not R2.)

[Spence]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Do you understand that holding R1 on 1B is costly for the defense?

No. I do realize, though, that it CAN be a problem.