As you can see in this video, I have drawn three possible redirections from the cutoff man (3B). As a rule, a strong, perfectly aligned throw from the outfielder should not be cutoff is a play will be at the plate. The 3rd baseman should be in cutoff position with his hands raised, giving the outfielder a target to throw THROUGH, not TO!
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COVERAGES ON THIS PLAY is SS running over to cover 3rd base to await a possible redirection and tag out.
These redirections and the reasons for them are listed below:
CUT TO HOME: If the outfielder's throw will be short or badly misaligned with the catcher, the CATCHER should be yelling for a RELAY. My teams do this by yelling "4-4-4" as loud as they can. If the catcher does not want to ball to be relayed, he will say NOTHING, and the throw will go through.
REDIRECTIONS: Redirections to other bases are usually done after the catcher can already concede that the lead runner will score, or if he sees a better, higher percentage opportunity to make an out at another base. A redirection in this case can be used in these opportunities...
- Perhaps the lead runner takes a wide turn and retreats to third.
- Perhaps a runner from 2nd or 1st base tries to advance on the throw to the plate.
- Perhaps the Batter tries to stretch his single to a double.
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