third base positioning.

He is going to do this with every batter no matter what? It seems like you'll be giving up a lot of singles towards the 3rd base slot...

If it is what I think it is I have seen it before. It is called pitch away play away. It is very succesful at the HS level and I have even seen it work at the college level. The only thing is it hinges on the pitcher keeping the ball on the outside part of the plate.

Down falls I have seen is when oppo guys come to the plate it feeds into their plans. Also if the pitcher misses over the plate you tend to catch the defense out of position.

Son's summer college team did something like this with the outfield... played everything with a heavy shift toward oppo, which sort of makes sense when you think about how often pitchers try to work away. It was interesting to see the pros and cons play out. Seems like it was pretty much a wash. BTW, they did not have a particularly hard throwing staff and it didn't matter who was throwing or hitting, they pretty much stuck with the plan. Every ball hit down LF line (RH hitter) was an easy double, though.

I played 3B my Sr. year of college. We played way off the line (about 3-4 steps from normal 3B position) because more balls go through the 6 hole than down the 3B line. It helped that we had a stud pitching staff.