Our approach
We have a short zone established in front of the plate, an area where we have practiced our catcher coming out hard and gunning. In a close game late we'll ask our catcher, who's an incredible player, to make that play at third if the bunt drops in that zone. Otherwise, we take the out at first. With the runner at third we will often pump fake hard to see if we can eliminate the scoring threat, or at least plant some doubt in the runner's and 3rd base coach's minds. Bad jump there could get us two for the price of one.
We have a short zone established in front of the plate, an area where we have practiced our catcher coming out hard and gunning. In a close game late we'll ask our catcher, who's an incredible player, to make that play at third if the bunt drops in that zone. Otherwise, we take the out at first. With the runner at third we will often pump fake hard to see if we can eliminate the scoring threat, or at least plant some doubt in the runner's and 3rd base coach's minds. Bad jump there could get us two for the price of one.
