. St. Nicholas [serial]. xciting play at theplate, and a man on third,—and all resulting fromwhat should only have been, normally, a sure out,or, at most, a short single. Generally speaking, the antidote for the hit-and-run is the pitch-out. A careful attentionto the outs, the inning, the score, the desperationof the attacking side, the character of the manat bat (that is, what he has done before, thatday), and, if possible, a reading of the hit-and-run signal, will tell the expert catcher when thehit-and-run is to be tried, and enable him to callfor the pitch-out, which will give him a chance
. St. Nicholas [serial]. xciting play at theplate, and a man on third,—and all resulting fromwhat should only have been, normally, a sure out,or, at most, a short single. Generally speaking, the antidote for the hit-and-run is the pitch-out. A careful attentionto the outs, the inning, the score, the desperationof the attacking side, the character of the manat bat (that is, what he has done before, thatday), and, if possible, a reading of the hit-and-run signal, will tell the expert catcher when thehit-and-run is to be tried, and enable him to callfor the pitch-out, which will give him a chanceto nail the runner at second (Fig. 4). Base-runners, as they run well or ill, havemuch to do with the successful work of more runs the nine wins, the more easily thepitcher can work; the less lead the nine givesthe pitcher, the more he must put on the , with a close game, the least wobble inbase-running tactics may mean the game —get- Safe ! 1^3? Baseman runs in, and thenback, to cover base. Catcher fields the bunt THE PLAY AS IT WAS PLAYED. Pitcher pitches, ball is bunted, catcher runs in and fields bunt, has an F. C, and elects to throw to third. Third baseman runs in on the bunt,sees catcher is fielding it, scuttles back to third. Runner on second with long lead beats the throw, hook-slides around third baseman, and issafe, since he was not forced, and baseman had to touch him. Meanwhile bunter gets safe at first. Next batter also bunts, a run is scored, mannow on first gets to second, and the following batter (top of batting order) hits a single, when man then on second scores, making two runs, whichwin game. Then the ball, if hit toward the second basemansfield position, is stopped by the first if there is no hit, there is some one on sec-ond to take the throw ! And that was all right as far as it went. But Iasked the lad this question: Suppose the batter hits directly over or justinside first base. Who is to field the ball then ?
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