Cool Defensive Softball Play
The weekend is upon us and that means yet another weekend of preseason softball games! Yesterday we played a team we lost to in last week's tournament. This time we won 9-2. We had more of our starters playing and obviously it made a difference. The bats were working well and that's always fun to watch. But I think even more fun for me is seeing good defense.
Yesterday, our pitching coach brought a video camera to the game to video tape the pitchers. Well, there was one defensive play that was very cool and would be great to see again. It was one of those situations where the ball was hit into right field. The right fielder came up with the ball and fired home to keep the runner, who started off at 2nd, from scoring. Since the runner wasn't going, the pitcher cut the ball off. The batter/runner had rounded first on the throw and was between 1st and 2nd. Our pitcher threw the ball to the short stop who was at 2nd to keep the batter/runner from advancing. Our SS caught the ball and started running the batter/runner back toward 1st. Of course, the runner that had gone back to 3rd now broke home. So our SS turns and fires to the catcher who is able to tag that runner out. During that time, the batter runner had gone to 2nd and rounded 2nd and gone almost half way to 3rd. Our catcher sees this and fires toward 2nd. I was thinking, "No don't throw to 2nd she's going to get to 3rd." Just as I finish that thought I see the ball, not go to 2nd, but to the glove of our CF who was about 1/3 of the way between 2nd and 3rd and not far from the runner. She cut off the throw and chased the runner a bit toward 3rd before throwing to our 3b. That stopped the runner who tried to go back to 2nd. Our 3b then threw the ball to our 2b who tagged that runner out. Those were the 2nd and 3rd outs of the inning. So cool! Everyone (except the pitcher who should have been covering home after the hit but got the cut from RF instead) was in the right place at the right time and all the throws were accurate. After that, I see the pitching coach come over to the dugout from his position with the video camera behind the backstop. I ask him, "Did you get that play?"
He answers, "No, my battery died." Ahhhh, wouldn't you know it? LOL
Yesterday, our pitching coach brought a video camera to the game to video tape the pitchers. Well, there was one defensive play that was very cool and would be great to see again. It was one of those situations where the ball was hit into right field. The right fielder came up with the ball and fired home to keep the runner, who started off at 2nd, from scoring. Since the runner wasn't going, the pitcher cut the ball off. The batter/runner had rounded first on the throw and was between 1st and 2nd. Our pitcher threw the ball to the short stop who was at 2nd to keep the batter/runner from advancing. Our SS caught the ball and started running the batter/runner back toward 1st. Of course, the runner that had gone back to 3rd now broke home. So our SS turns and fires to the catcher who is able to tag that runner out. During that time, the batter runner had gone to 2nd and rounded 2nd and gone almost half way to 3rd. Our catcher sees this and fires toward 2nd. I was thinking, "No don't throw to 2nd she's going to get to 3rd." Just as I finish that thought I see the ball, not go to 2nd, but to the glove of our CF who was about 1/3 of the way between 2nd and 3rd and not far from the runner. She cut off the throw and chased the runner a bit toward 3rd before throwing to our 3b. That stopped the runner who tried to go back to 2nd. Our 3b then threw the ball to our 2b who tagged that runner out. Those were the 2nd and 3rd outs of the inning. So cool! Everyone (except the pitcher who should have been covering home after the hit but got the cut from RF instead) was in the right place at the right time and all the throws were accurate. After that, I see the pitching coach come over to the dugout from his position with the video camera behind the backstop. I ask him, "Did you get that play?"
He answers, "No, my battery died." Ahhhh, wouldn't you know it? LOL
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