Unless there's a speedy runner on
third base, I believe in bringing the infield one step in on the corners and two steps up in the middle.
With runners at second and
third base, Joe Duncan lined an infield RBI single off the pitcher to bring in an insurance run and put the Miners up 3-1.
"That's a tough read for a
third base coach," Victorino added, "when he's got one of his speed guys out there."
Your job is not to get in the way of a rally."--Rich Donnelly Dodgers
third base coach after game One of the 2006 NLDS
Keep a record of the number of times you see a groundball hit directly at a runner leading off
third base. You'll be astonished at how rarely it happens.
Hart was stranded on
third base in the second inning of both games Saturday, having reached second with one out in both cases.
Stolen Base Attempts by Base SB CS SBA SB% Second Base 107,998 39,736 147,734 .731
Third Base 16,379 6,511 22,890 .716 Home 1,476 2,470 3,946 .374 Total 125,853 48,717 174,570 .721 To separate the professional thief from the amateur, all 3,223 runners' efforts were categorized by their success or failure at each base.
Again,
third base is a constant that is easily identifiable to the catcher.