Morgan Ensberg is the narrator.
As a 3B coach, I've done it a few times.
My memory is murky, but I think I had less success with it than Coach G.
Ensberg:
It was 1998 at USC (Trojans) and we were hitting. We had a man on 1st base and he had just missed the hit and run sign. Our coach, Mike Gillespie never got upset if we lacked ability, but he was very upset when we neglected to pay attention to the details. He put his clipboard down and walked out of the dugout and this is what he said to the runner who missed the sign:
“We are hitting and running on THIS pitch RIGHT NOW.”
I couldn’t believe it! The opposing catcher was looking at Gillespie. Their pitcher was looking at him. And then I got a glimpse of their pitcher’s eyes and he didn’t know if he should believe Gillespie or not. He was completely confused.
Their pitcher finally threw a pitch. Our runner on 1st took off and our batter hit the ball on the ground in between 1st base and 2nd base where the second baseman had vacated. We had just called our “shot” and the opposing team knew it was coming, but they couldn’t execute!
