Baserunning

When To Steal Home (and Not To)

Jun 8th, 2009 | By joejanish | Category: Baserunning

This past weekend my team was in a situation where there were two outs, men on second and third, a full count on the batter, and we were up by four runs.
With the 3-2 pitch on the way, the runner on third broke for home, slid over the batter’s feet, and beat the ball to [...]



Baserunning: Find the Third-base Coach

Jul 23rd, 2007 | By joejanish | Category: Baserunning

Too often — especially at the Major League level — I see a runner round second base and keeping an eye on the outfielder, looking over his shoulder. Inevitably, the runner is thrown out at third by a step. No doubt you’ve seen this yourself, as a coach, or been guilty of it as a [...]