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I've never seen it, but imagine if it could be frustrating if it took the defense by surprise

if playing a team known to use it, i'd guess the pitcher would step off, 3b cover his bag, 2b position himself inches in front of the skunk, blocking his view of the pitcher - if the skunk adjusts his lead so would the 2b screener - you might get an "OUT of basepath" call right there without even making a play

even so, the 3b runner being held really can't get a good lead with the pitcher only 60 ft away

so where does the skunk go in the .4 seconds it takes for the pitcher fire a bb to the 2b for the tag? probably not DIRECTLY to a base

of course I'm assuming a level of play where guys can catch & throw, and the 2b has the arm to throw 100 ft on a play at the plate

my bet is if ya spent 15 minutes defending it once in practice, you could get an easy out or two every time it was used -
defend it a few times and guys would stop using it



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