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To be fair, was he talking about "stealing" third as in taking the extra base on a basehit with a runner on first...that I would like to see and it wasn't something the cubs did particularly well last year. If he is talking about straight steals of third, continue the roasting.
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Didn't see this anywhere: Jeff Samardzija threw a bullpen session Thursday. Piniella said: "I wouldn't be surprised if sometime this summer, he'll be ready for the big leagues." Seriously....Seriously? He has been nearly impossible to figure out, but it would be nice to believe this.
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Right, but the inflield fly only protects against the easy double play…with men on 1st and 2nd or bases loaded. There is no infield fly with a man on 1st or on 1st and 3rd because a dropped ball would not lead to an easy double play if the batter is hustling down the line. I agree that the ball could take a bad hop or the risk of a bad throw, but I think I’d trust big-leaguers to get the job done.
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I never post, but I always appreciate reading this board. My question is this. A buddy of mine were discussing the other day about purposely dropping fly balls…especially of the infield variety. I can think of three reasons this might be helpful. 1) A speedy runner(or anyone with a reputation as a good base runner)on first base could easily be eliminated by dropping an infield fly(obviously fair) and throwing him out at second. I’ve watched a lot of baseball and I’ve never seen this happen. Even on shallow fly balls to the outfield this could be done. 2) Line drives at people could easily be purposely dropped to turn double plays (I’m pretty sure there is a rule against this one, my friend didn’t think so) 3) Checking to see if someone is barely jogging down the 1st base line on an infield fly, a dropped ball could double that person up as well. I think only #1 would have any real implications, but knowing how important good base running is and how distracting speed can be, I’m just surprised it’s never used as a strategy. Anyone have thoughts on this? I apologize in advance if this is something that has been discussed.