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Nov 22, 2020 · Position of the fences - The distance of the outfield fence should play a big part in the basic positioning of the outfielders for each hitter. The closer the fence, the shallower the outfielder can play.
It is recommended that the line from home plate through the pitcher’s plate to second base run east-northeast. This line, using a steel tape or a strong tape or a cord, must measure 127 feet, 3-3/8 inches from the rear tip of home plate to the middle of second base.
- Why Positioning Is Important
- Playing in The Gaps
- Looking at Right Field
Hitters are taught to drive the ball "Gap to Gap", "Back up the Middle", and "To the Opposite Field". The advent of aluminum bats has forced pitchers to command the outer half of the plate and to utilize off-speed versus the fastball in many instances. All of the above gives subtle hints as to where we want our defense to play. It can be argued tha...
If we have a Right Handed Hitter at the plate, the Left Fielder should line himself up in a straight line with the 1st Base Bag and the 2nd Base Bag. He should then take 5 steps to his right. This position is known as "Straight Up" to a Right Handed Hitter. If the Left Fielder wants to play the Right Handed hitter with an "Opposite" shift, then he ...
This rationale is exactly the same in Right Field with the adjustment happening to the Right Fielders "Left" side. He should start his alignment being in a straight line with the 2nd and 3rd Base bags. The centerfielder's alignment should never be directly in line with the pitcher and catcher. The pitcher will block the view of the centerfielder an...
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The back tip of home plate must be 127 feet, 3 and 3/8 inches away from second base. The other bases must be 18-inch squares that are between 3 and 5 inches thick, covered by white canvas or rubber and filled with soft material.
- Ready position. This is the position we should be in every time when the ball is being pitched and traveling through the strike zone. In between pitches, outfielders can be walking around and moving, or doing whatever we feel is comfortable, it doesn’t really matter.
- Movement of baseballs off the bat. Most of the time, balls that are hit to outfield are either hooking or slicing. This will affect the corner outfielders more than the centerfielder.
- Movement of baseballs on the ground (snaking ground balls) Keep in mind how the outfield grass is cut. When there are a bunch of nice looking designs and lines in the grass, after a fresh mow, the ball will do weird things.
- Using a crossover step. Using a crossover step is the foundation to starting your track after a fly ball. This is where you can save valuable steps by getting to where you need to go in a straight line.
Mar 28, 2024 · As he releases the pitch, the field umpire yells "balk!". The batter swings and hits the ball to deep left-center field. Two runs score and the batter ends up on 3rd. The home plate umpire negates the entire play because he mistakenly called time during the play in response to the balk call.
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Backing up bases goes un noticed about 80% of the time – until there is an overthrow or a ball kicks away from an infielder. This is the time that backing up gets noticed and will keep the runners from moving up to the next base. You are the safety valve, the ball can’t get by you.
