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heartbreakers - just out of curiousity, has this play ever resulted in the runner on first being called out because of the look back rule?
Alright.. Seen something this weekend our team has never seen before. Our team is in the field. Team B has runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs. The pitch is pitched the runner is slowly running from 1st to second. Catcher comes up throwing to 2nd. When the runner stops and lays down between 1st and 2nd. The runner on 3rd scores. Our short stop is confused of course but is in the process of running over to tag the girl laying on the ground out. She is called out but we are told that the runner from 3rd is safe and the run counts! I see why the run counted because she did cross the plate before the last out was made. But is this just one of the biggest bush plays out there? In all our years we have never seen this done before. This is a 18u division and I could not see a college coach looking at this team and saying "Hey that was a good idea. " I see it as I guess some teams will do anything for a win. This was a close game and both teams where playing hard. But where is the line drawn that the officials need to step in and say "this is wrong and the run doesn't count" Has anyone seen this before? It has to be the biggest bush play I have ever seen in all my years.....
I don't get it. Why not just throw it to the second baseman in the middle of the baseline for a quick tag and then have her throw home for the double play? If your catcher and 2nd baseman can't do that, then their arms aren't strong enough and their hands aren't quick enough to play. In that case-- don't throw it at all.
It's funny but the goofy coaches who try that kind of thing usually do it with one of their best hitters at the plate. The result, whether it works or not, is a lot of hard feelings between the hitter, the hitter's parents and the coach-- because, above all else, trying something so risky shows an absolute lack of confidence in the hitter's ability to drive in the run.
Let the kid swing the bat and stop tinkering. If you don't think the kid can get the job done, then don't put the kid in the lineup.
She takes off and falls face in the dirt and doesn't move. I mean no movement at all. It was kind of a scary thing at first. We have had quite a few players drop on the field in the past... So that being said I guess we were duped