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Post by rgeorge on Aug 28, 2024 8:41:37 GMT -8
LL is a tiny field... kids have become monsters at 11/12, and the best athlete is on the mound. 1B typically stays home. P to 1B side, 3B has that side.
Very little chance of 1B fielding, wheeling, & hitting a moving 2B getting to the bag in time.
LL defensive strategies do not always follow upper levels of play. Typical LL bunt D has 2B go to the middle in front of 2B between the mound for a push of hard bunt that bypasses 3B/P. They are also in position to cover 2B if a play at the plate is late and bunter/runner attempts to advance.
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Post by kersting13 on Aug 28, 2024 10:53:37 GMT -8
LL is a tiny field... kids have become monsters at 11/12, and the best athlete is on the mound. 1B typically stays home. P to 1B side, 3B has that side. Very little chance of 1B fielding, wheeling, & hitting a moving 2B getting to the bag in time. LL defensive strategies do not always follow upper levels of play. Typical LL bunt D has 2B go to the middle in front of 2B between the mound for a push of hard bunt that bypasses 3B/P. They are also in position to cover 2B if a play at the plate is late and bunter/runner attempts to advance. Well, I'd say the 2B has a lot better chance to get to cover first and get a force out than the SS has to beat the runner to 3B and get a tag out. It seems to me the 3B and 1B were supposed to crash and 2B was supposed to cover first, but the 1B was late and 2B didn't cover, so maybe 1B was supposed to stay home, and got caught in no-man's land. I see zero value in 2B staying in the middle of the field if the 1B doesn't stay home. |
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Post by beaver55to7 on Aug 28, 2024 11:10:35 GMT -8
LL is a tiny field... kids have become monsters at 11/12, and the best athlete is on the mound. 1B typically stays home. P to 1B side, 3B has that side. Very little chance of 1B fielding, wheeling, & hitting a moving 2B getting to the bag in time. LL defensive strategies do not always follow upper levels of play. Typical LL bunt D has 2B go to the middle in front of 2B between the mound for a push of hard bunt that bypasses 3B/P. They are also in position to cover 2B if a play at the plate is late and bunter/runner attempts to advance. Well, I'd say the 2B has a lot better chance to get to cover first and get a force out than the SS has to beat the runner to 3B and get a tag out. It seems to me the 3B and 1B were supposed to crash and 2B was supposed to cover first, but the 1B was late and 2B didn't cover, so maybe 1B was supposed to stay home, and got caught in no-man's land. I see zero value in 2B staying in the middle of the field if the 1B doesn't stay home. I would doubt any serious LL coach would teach his players to pass on the force out at first to try and get the tag out at third in that situation. It would take a perfectly clean fielding of the ball, a perfect throw to third and an excellent tag. Maybe a 20% chance of success at that level with 60 foot bases. The vast majority of coaches would tell their kids that if the other team is giving you the out at first you have to take it. The bunt that kid laid down is going to result in a hit 90% of the time in LL (it was beyond excellent and probably perfect), pitcher should have never thrown the ball regardless of the defense, and if you do throw it, hope you hit the runner in the back and it gets called interference for being out of the base path. 60 foot base baseball is just different from 90 foot baseball. The game is actually much harder on defenses then 90 foot bases. Knock it down and make the throw is a 90 foot baseball saying, it doesn't work on 60 foot bases, the ball has to be fielded clean etc. |
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Post by kersting13 on Aug 28, 2024 19:24:14 GMT -8
Well, I'd say the 2B has a lot better chance to get to cover first and get a force out than the SS has to beat the runner to 3B and get a tag out. It seems to me the 3B and 1B were supposed to crash and 2B was supposed to cover first, but the 1B was late and 2B didn't cover, so maybe 1B was supposed to stay home, and got caught in no-man's land. I see zero value in 2B staying in the middle of the field if the 1B doesn't stay home. I would doubt any serious LL coach would teach his players to pass on the force out at first to try and get the tag out at third in that situation. It would take a perfectly clean fielding of the ball, a perfect throw to third and an excellent tag. Maybe a 20% chance of success at that level with 60 foot bases. The vast majority of coaches would tell their kids that if the other team is giving you the out at first you have to take it. The bunt that kid laid down is going to result in a hit 90% of the time in LL (it was beyond excellent and probably perfect), pitcher should have never thrown the ball regardless of the defense, and if you do throw it, hope you hit the runner in the back and it gets called interference for being out of the base path. 60 foot base baseball is just different from 90 foot baseball. The game is actually much harder on defenses then 90 foot bases. Knock it down and make the throw is a 90 foot baseball saying, it doesn't work on 60 foot bases, the ball has to be fielded clean etc. One thing that WAS clear on the bunt defense they were playing: The 3B crashed HARD, and the SS covered third. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Aug 28, 2024 20:16:21 GMT -8
Players 10-12 competing on a bigger field than college softball players.
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