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Old Tue Jun 23, 2009, 09:44am
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And well into the 1960s the first-base ump often squeezed in between the coach and the bag, as if the best spot from which to call plays at 1B was two feet from F3.
Even today, coaches believe that the best angle to call the play at 1st base is from either coaching box.
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Old Tue Jun 23, 2009, 10:04am
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Wait just a gosh darn minute......

Are you guys telling me that in a previous era, a pitch that doesn't go belt high, right down the heart of the plate in an imaginary box that's maybe 3" x 3" is actually called a strike? Shocked I tell ya! Shocked I am!
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Old Tue Jun 23, 2009, 10:58am
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Even today, coaches believe that the best angle to call the play at 1st base is from either coaching box.
Given my experience last night, apparently that's true of 2nd base as well.
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Old Tue Jun 23, 2009, 02:16pm
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Even today, coaches believe that the best angle to call the play at 1st base is from either coaching box.

How would they know? I can't remember the last time a coach actually spent much time inside one of those boxes.
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