Mechanics Question

[Andy]

Originally Posted by SRW

I'll play devil's advocate for a second and say that I believe the BU's attention in this instance should be more on R2 at 1B rather than R1 at 3B. Even with the distance away from 1B, which runner's the likely one to want to get a jump on advancing? Which one is likely advancing anyway? Coaches are going to send R2 to 2B almost every time.

But how often do you actually see an attempt to get R2 out on the steal? Most of this type of play that I see, there is no throw or a throw with the intention of an immediate return throw to F2 if R1 tries for home.

Originally Posted by SRW

Now once R2 gets to 2B, and you have R2 on 2B and R1 still on 3B, then yes, I agree that now the BU's attention should be more focused on R1.

I disagree. In this situation, I want to keep equal focus on each runner. R1 for the reasons I stated earlier. On a base hit, a step or two from R2 could be the difference in scoring or not. I think both runners deserve equal attention in this case.

Hey, you asked for discussion!