Baseball for Dummies by Morgan Joe & Lally Richard

Author:Morgan, Joe & Lally, Richard [Morgan, Joe & Lally, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Non-Fiction, Reference
ISBN: 9780764575372
Google: KPLUjwEACAAJ
Amazon: 0764575376
Goodreads: 562647
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1998-01-05T07:00:00+00:00

As the runner trying to break up the double play, your assignment is to get to second base as quickly as you can while making a good, hard slide. You’re not looking to hurt anyone, so forget about any rolling blocks. (I had one thrown at me in 1968. It crumpled my knee and put me on the disabled list for the entire season. Inflicting that sort of injury is not your objective.) The idea is either to knock the pivot man (the second baseman or shortstop) off-balance or to disrupt his timing by making him leap or hurry his throw.

Start your takeout with your normal straight-leg slide. However, try to hook your top leg’s foot under the pivot man’s striding foot to knock it out from under him. Keep your weight on your bottom leg. When you take your usual slide, you aim for the base. Your objective here is to reach the fielder. Slide on whatever side of the bag he pivots from.

Though you don’t have to hit the pivot man to break up the double play, you should try to do exactly that. This potential collision forces him to jump out of the way. Minimize the chance of injury by sliding with your spikes held below the pivot man’s knee. Should you make contact, you will hit his shins or lower, where you won’t break anything. Avoid hitting any fielder from the knee up.

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