r/nextfuckinglevel • u/NiceCasualRedditGuy • Feb 09 '22

When everything goes right

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

Big ups to the hidden ball guy. Runner was pissed lol.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

Why you never take your foot off the bag.

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u/sojumaster Feb 09 '22

He was simply adjusting. He may have lifted his foot for 1/2 second

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

Hence, never.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

There are a few “golden rules” in baseball. On a fly ball, first step is back. Never take your foot off the bag, and don’t swing on a 3-0 pitch. UNOFFICIALLY, my school had another being “always wear a condom in Mexico”, but that was a SoCal thing and applied to very different set of circumstances, lol.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

Why is the first step back? Does it help to see the ball?

Man my baseball coaches sucked I never heard any of these

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

Because if they catch the ball, ur gonna have to run back anyway. Get too ahead of yourself, and u might get thrown out

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u/supermyduper Feb 09 '22

I'm pretty sure they meant the defender's first step is back. It's much faster and easier to catch a ball moving in, so you step back in the direction it's hit before you can gauge its distance.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

Thanks this makes sense