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Do You Know THE MOST ESSENTIAL ELEMENT Of A Run Down Play?
It's no wive's tale. The goal is still to make the out with only 1-2 throws. But a mistake while chasing them towards 2nd base results in them advancing to 2nd base. A mistake while chasing them towards 1st results in them staying at 1st. Is them being safe at 1st the ideal outcome? No, but it's better than him being safe at 2nd. It SHOULD certainly be an automatic out, especially at the major league level.
I bet you I can make even the best trained batter flinch.
Did you see Steven Drew's interview after the game last night? He credited Jose Qquendo for some instruction he had received. So....Drew played a lot as a kid....played in high school....college?....minor leagues.....and yet....Jose still had words of wisdom for him?
I doubt if he was telling him to 'field the ball out front'....or....'stay in front of the ball'....or....'get your glove down'....or....'get your butt down'. I bet it was little nuances that help you compete....that few of us see.
Did you see the Joe Kelly v Scott Van Slyke stand off? I bet I can make the right handed batter move.
Ever had someone throw a fake punch at your face....or your privates....as a joke....to get you to flinch? Did you flinch even though the second time you knew what he was doing?
So true about the subtlety and 'nuance' the higher you ascend; little -- certainly unnoticed by most -- things that mean a lot when success or failure is reduced to fractions of inches and/or mere moments in time. It's not unlike some of the 'gold nugget' advice/observation/food-for-thought your proffer in the forum.
Now, I don't disagree about the nature and inevitability of the flinch response, BUT, if your turn your head toward third the moment everyone knows the steal of third is on: 1) you protect your face and 2) you can't see what's headed your way and, therefore, wouldn't flinch.
When your buddy drives a fake uppercut to your jewels from behind and unseen by you, you don't flinch -- and then the joke just isn't funny.
So, in the end, Kelly successfully deked Van Slyke, yes? How great was Kelly's line that 'there's no balk rule in the National Anthem stand-off' ?!?
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Do it right. Make the runner commit and it's as automatic at lower levels as it is in the big leagues.
When you understand how dead a 'committed' runner is....you won't worry about an extra throw to change the runners direction.
Now, I don't disagree about the nature and inevitability of the flinch response, BUT, if your turn your head toward third the moment everyone knows the steal of third is on: 1) you protect your face and 2) you can't see what's headed your way and, therefore, wouldn't flinch.
When your buddy drives a fake uppercut to your jewels from behind and unseen by you, you don't flinch -- and then the joke just isn't funny.
So, in the end, Kelly successfully deked Van Slyke, yes? How great was Kelly's line that 'there's no balk rule in the National Anthem stand-off' ?!?