Reply to "A downside of stealing without a take--tentative batters?"

freddy775,000+ posts

I found something in the archives from CoachB25 a few years back--

"While we work on the hit and run, we are not big proponents of it. We'd rather run and hit. In this scenerio, the hitter hits! The runner is stealing. We count on our speed assuring us of a successful steal and we allow the batter to hit strikes. Why then give this signal? Often, when runners steal, the batter is tentative and won't swing. We are very aggressive. We are telling the hitter, we don't care if that runner has a stolen base, HIT THE BALL! It removes any second guessing on their part and puts the "blame" on us. BTW, we also work on this during BP."

Did I read this right? Have a separate run-and-hit
sign so the batter gets in an aggressive state of mind (on strikes) ? I could be talked into that.

CoachB25: When you flash run-and-hit, is your goal that your hitter be more aggressive than usual on strikes, or just maintain his usual hitting approach (that is, don't be tentative)?

12/30/1012:49 PM

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