- Mar 1, 2013
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Just wanted to say that one of the teams made the out in this situation tonight. The also got fired into right field, so nobody got cocky anyway.
When I'm coaching young or inexperienced catchers before a two strike pitch I'd always say, "Tag her out-throw her out."Unusually I do a simple “strike 3”, take my mask off and wait for something to happen. Sometimes the players just stand there, sometimes the batter starts toward the dugout. It’s usually a few seconds before anyone reacts that the batter-runner (yes, they are now the batter-runner) hasn’t been put out and we have a live ball. Sometimes a coach or parent will start yelling instructions. More than once I’ve seen the catcher with the ball standing within tagging distance from the batter-runner realize they need to make a play and promptly fire it into right field.
To be fair, I call a lot of community 12u and 10u.