Bunting and The Shift
did players forget how to bunt?
or has bunting become more difficult?
it can be really challenging to understand the difficulty teams have in overcoming The Shift (capitalized, like a proper name – maybe the name of a monster?)
Tagged with: Defense
Everyone On the Move; Everyone Understanding
Everyone on the move.
Everyone understanding.
This is all the same play:
2021 Collision Management
hypothesis: shifts are increasing collisions
rules:
- it is the job of the centerfielder to call off the the other outfielders
- it is the job of ANY outfielder to call off the infielder
- it is the job of the shortstop to call off any of the other infielders / basemen
- if there is discrepancy, the infielder (with experience) can also call off the other infielders, but that is a team / player / situation / decision decided beforehand, or generally recognized vantage point situation
Bonus observation:
KMOX radio out of St. Louis is hilarious
Danger – Mets Outfield Edition
A Runner on First
a runner on first is a very interesting position
next up…
runner on first…