This page has been created to assist new and current High School Baseball coaches. The purpose of this page is to help coaches understand how to interact with umpires during a game. By following the guidelines on this page hopefully coaches and umpires will be able to communicate better with…
“You can’t sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You’ve got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That’s why baseball is the greatest game of them all.”
Earl…
First-base defense. The basic positioning of a first baseman depends on the batter, on the inning, and on how many outs there are. The standard position is five steps back toward the right-field wall on a diamond with 60-foot bases. (For regulation diamonds with 90-foot base…