squeeze?

I have no problem squeezing with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Ideally, it would be with 0 outs and a weak hitter at the plate. Also, I only squeeze if the pitcher is consistently around the strike zone and the batter has a solid chance of getting it down.

If the run scores then it's a good call. If the run doesn't score then it's a terrible call.

This is really one of those calls that can be second guessed a lot if it goes wrong and even if it goes right sometimes. The best way to look at it is "does the call fit into our philosophy" and "did it work". In other words do you spend practice time actually working being successful with suicide / safety squeezes or are you taking a few cuts and moving on? If it's something you work on in practice then you better use it in games or the kids will start to lose focus and stink at it. But then again why put a play on in a game that you haven't worked on?

There are 3 reasons why you bunt

1. Bunt to get on base because the defense is giving it to you.

2. Sacrifice an at bat to get runners into scoring position.

3. Got a weak hitter up and don't want to burn a pinch hitter so you squeeze (safety / suicide) to get them in.

If you feel it's the best call and you feel your team is prepared to pull it off then do it. If people don't like it then they can start their own team and do whatever they want.

We actually double squeeze! Both runners break, try to bunt to 1st basemen (so he has to field ball and can't see 2nd runner). If he looks home and turns his back keep going. We've pulled it off twice already this year. Both teams have runner at 2nd a big lead. If bunted to 3rd its a good play too, but the 1st basemen may see it and read it, coach needs to watch for SS/P on wheel to 3rd if bunted to 3rd basemen.

OK, so I'm a huge proponent of the squeeze, safety squeeze, fake squeeze, ... I generally like to fake squeeze to get my hitter ahead in the count and to see how they are going to defend it. i.e. are they going low and out or are they coming up and in. We show just early enough to be early and we fake just hard enough to make them believe we are squeezing. Think about it, once we can have someone on their team scream "squeeze" we've done what we need to do. Then, I have my options. As an FYI, I once squeezed on a team 4 straight times with bases loaded. We scored 4 straight times. In doing so, the seed was planted for all area teams that we would squeeze regardless of the situation. Then, the fake had that much more effect and allowed me to put my hitter in hitter counts in RBI situations.

Ok, so, I'm crazy but I love the squeeze.

OH, one other thing, do you realize the number of times on our fake that the pitcher has thrown a wild pitch?

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Ok, so, I'm crazy but I love the squeeze.

No, I think you love the squeeze BECAUSE you're crazy

That said, we don't squeeze often, but stealing home on consecutive pitches isn't beyond Coach Vogel's gameplan

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Originally posted by Bulldog 19:

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Ok, so, I'm crazy but I love the squeeze.

No, I think you love the squeeze BECAUSE you're crazy

That said, we don't squeeze often, but stealing home on consecutive pitches isn't beyond Coach Vogel's gameplan

I knew I liked that guy!

We did it on consecutive pitches my senior year against Freeburg. We were down a run in the bottom of the 7th, two outs, 1-2 count and I couldn't hit the ball worth a lick so we stole home twice off a lefty..

He nows plays here at SEMO. Coach Vogel asked me if I've reminded him about that game

I have been around alot of baseball at pretty high levels and there's nothing wrong with doing this. I love the safety squeeze because its not an all or nothing situation. Second and third is fine. Its going to be very very difficult for a catcher to tag the runner out and also throw the other runner out at third. So worst case scenerio is runner on third with 2 or 1 out. Go for it.

I think it is fine as long as everyone can execute.

I am not a fan of the suicide squeeze, but love the safety squeeze.