Anyone heard this stratedgy?

Yes. Our college team did this all the time. Our success rate was 87% even with the IF playing in. Of course, it helped that all but 3 kids ran sub 7.0.

Yup. My son's college team amd pro teams as well. He was coaching at his old hs in the off-season and was teaching them the same thing.

Granted there may be instance with the incorrect player at third but with an average/good runner on I agree with the above. It's all about the break from third. There can be NO indecisiveness. If you have to think about it you're most likely out at either the plate or going back to third. It's got to be bang-bang.

Last Saturday I went to see a local college team play (cold and wet, but hey, it was live baseball). Local team sent two guys from third with the infield in and less than two outs on grounders. Both were thrown out at the plate, and the local team lost 4-3. Granted this was D1, but there will be times it doesn't work out very well.

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Granted this was D1, but there will be times it doesn't work out very well.

The original post says '80%'...so we all agree that it doesn't always work out, but 4 out of 5 is a good risk/reward ratio...

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Originally posted by Hawk19:

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Granted this was D1, but there will be times it doesn't work out very well.

The original post says '80%'...so we all agree that it doesn't always work out, but 4 out of 5 is a good risk/reward ratio...

Sure, but I was just meaning that if you go with this strategy, it can make you look real bad at some point. Just be prepared to handle situations like that, which is all I meant. But I agree, putting pressure on the fielders to field it cleanly, make a good throw, and the catcher apply the tag at the plate can create some real issues for the defense.