Shortstop defensive positioning

Take a picture if you can. Interested to see what it looks like.

I will, but I stand down the RF line so it may not be as obvious from the pic as it is on the field.   If you think of the IF as a clock with 2B being 12 o'clock, we play him somewhere around 11.....maybe even 11:15 lol....and usually 2-3 feet onto the grass.  I would say at least a dozen balls that would have been line outs directly to a SS playing a normal position have ended up as hits because there's no way for him to get to them....and if he does, he's so deep on the grass that the chance to make a play at 1B is non-existent.   Not sure how anyone can do this the entire year and not notice it....heck, my 77 year old mother, who isn't a huge baseball fan, but watched my son play 3 years of HS shortstop even asked my dad why our SS plays in such a weird position.

That's pretty weird alright. And the coach has no explanation for it? 

So basically he's at DP position but near/on the grass.  The SS from last year would line up deep on/near the grass to make up for his range.  I had talks with him and explained that he doesn't have the arm (70mph) to play that deep.  On other plays he'd be in on the grass but right in the middle between SS and 3B.  He was a stubborn one to reposition every play, so I ended up moving him to 2B where he didn't make a single error all year and moved my best catcher to SS, his natural position.  

Must be our coach.  Makes perfect sense.  

I find it troubling that anyone would question this.  The coach knows more than you do, after all he has coach right in his title.  He must know best.  Please apologize to all coaches everywhere.  

No! Don't Call Bunt! posted:

I find it troubling that anyone would question this.  The coach knows more than you do, after all he has coach right in his title.  He must know best.  Please apologize to all coaches everywhere.  

Yeah because parents always know more since they coached 8U baseball.  

Here we go...parents who always know better and coaches who never make a mistake...maybe we could discuss the value of terminology in hitting while we are at it!

hahahah....that was easy.  Like fish jumping at the bait.  Easy guys...just some light sarcasm.  

No! Don't Call Bunt! posted:

hahahah....that was easy.  Like fish jumping at the bait.  Easy guys...just some light sarcasm.  

Any attempt at a "hard count" will usually draw someone on this board offside