you look clumsy too. coach probably always sent out that mexican kid to pinch run for you when you did make it on base. Yeah Jaun was cross eyed but fuck could that boy run like hell
and another immature pest tries to take a personal jab at me, i love when this happens
yeah i had warning track power, my junior year, senior year left the yard twice, and i never, EVER lifted weights, fuck that, yet was still able to rope the ball while being pretty weak....weird, huh?
instead of just telling you to STFU and call you a-hole, i'll just give you little lesson on base running that nobody ever took the time to teach you
you clearly haven't ever played baseball at the level where you actually learn how to play the game
i wasn't very quick, very true, but with long strides i was able to make my way from 2nd base to home quite efficiently
give me the kid who is a smart player and runs a 4.9 vs the kid who runs a 4.3 and only reason he isn't on JV squad is cause he's a senior
effective base running is 80% mental 20% speed
a base runner must always watch where the ball is at once it reaches the fielder, take notice to how cleanly a fielder fields the ball and watch where the defense is going throw the ball, if somebody misses a cut you there's no fucking excuse not advancing an extra base, if the cut off man lollygags and just walks the ball in and puts his head down/takes eye of the runner, you just might be able to advance base
a good base runner possesses split time judgment when deciding wheater of not tagging up on a fly ball is a good idea or if coming off the base, stopping around half way towards 2nd base is a better one - ball may not be deep enough to tag, but coming off half way is really important for two reason, if OFer drops it, he'll reach 2nd base safely instead of maybe getting doubled up, and if it's hit deep you come off the bag and if it's caught you should stillhave enough time to run back to the bag and tag, and if it's hit over the OF'ers head, you can just coast home
having the discipline to 'feeze' on a line drive can be tricky, an inexperienced player generally starts running to the next bag as soon as he realizes it's hit well, getting doubled up in the process, rally killer
need to be aware of how many outs/ other runners are on base, have ability to invasion all possible scenarios before the pitch and like a machine, knows exactly what to do as soon as the batter puts the ball in play
a good base runner knows when to try to stretch a hit into a double or to just stay on first, anyone who gets a single that reaches the outfield understands thatjust running through first base and lazily walking back towards first , cause shit, i just got a hit, SWEET, is bush leage....instead the runner needs to take a hard turn towards 2nd base and watches if the ball is fielded/thrown in clean, waiting for opportunities to be aggressive and safely advance to 2nd
and a good base runner understands how to take a secondary lead, will never get picked off, get caught in a run down, and understands that after he scores cause of a ball put in play, and there's a runner behind him, it's his responsibility to grab the bat and signal to the other base runner trying to score a run whether he needs to get down, stay up, or just put the breaks on, cause either the 3rd out was made or the defense has no chance at a play at the plate
i bet you knew all that from watching baseball on TV
the reason i understand how to play baseball isn't because i'm some all American talent who isn't in the big leagues just because my coach hated me
no, i had good coaches and some teammates who really sucked
apparently the 8/8 coaches who voted me in as a first team district all-star in '05 didn't notice any significant clumsiness, although pretty sure only reason i was unanimous is because of my monster junior year where our team actually went 8-6, compared to senior year we went 2-14 and my avg was .100 points less than junior year
have any tips on when it's safe to take off for 2nd trying to steal vs a left handed pitcher?
know who should be the cut off man when there's 2 outs and a runner on 3rd, base hit to left field? what base should the cut off man line up the left fielder to throw to?
and one more, what bunt defense should we play when there's nobody out and runners on first and second?
i know you're going to take this post within the wrong context, but at least answer these questions for me, i don't want to feel alone, even if you get 1 of them right i'll feel like i'm in good company