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What would you do?
This play caught my partner and myself in bad position and we never did figure out how to handle it. Let’s see what you think.
Varsity DH, two state ranked big school teams fighting for league championship. R1 on 2B, R2 on 1B, I am BU in “C.” Catcher bobbles pitch and both runners break. F2 recovers quickly and R1 scrambles back to 2B, only to meet R2 coming into the bag. I am sliding towards 2B for a call. F2 guns to 2B and both runners take off in opposite directions. Suddenly we have a possible run down in either direction. No problem for me; I have 2B end which ever way it goes. But partner is stuck in middle of field, not knowing which way to go. F4 throws to F5 and I sprint toward 3B for the call. Fortunately, F5 ends it with a quick rundown and obvious tag of R1. Question: Should I have stayed at 2B end and let partner take the call, even if from the center of the field? Or when I went towards 3B should he have moved towards 2B? (And who is covering home if a throw gets by F5?) WMB Last edited by WestMichBlue; Sun May 20, 2007 at 07:40am. |
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If your partner heads toward 1B for the backend of the 1-2 rundown and F3 comes up with a throw to the plate to get an advancing R1, there is no one there to cover the play and the PU may end up ducking under the throw. You may want to think of prioritizing the calls. A call at 3B, and potentionally home, is much more important than a call at 1B.
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Once the players decided to go for the runner going to 3B, should I have stayed on the backside (2B) of a potential rundown and expected PU to move to 3B end? WMB |
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Then, if there is a rundown between 1st and 2nd, you can't loop around the outside of 2nd and still stay with the play, so inside it has to be, being sure to avoid the lead runner and any throw to 3rd. All that is because the PU has to stay prepared for the lead runner at either 3rd or home, just like any normal 3rd or home coverage. Real nice if PU can keep lead runner covered and watch 1st end over the shoulder, but basically the BU is stuck with the whole 1st-2nd rundown. As said, the priorities of runners affect the coverage. I would not recommend a fixed point, but you can't go end-to-end.
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