- Oct 5, 2015
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I thought the logic of getting the game moving along made sense until I heard more and more coaches comment about the seriousness to watch warmups as that may be the only opportunity to see the position player perform as there is no guarantee a ball gets him to them during the game, and they have to look a multiple players throughout the day.
The only player guaranteed to be active during the inning is the pitcher and to a lesser extent the catcher.
I have seen multiple occasions of coaches measuring "pop" times on catchers in between innings so a catcher should take that throw very seriously and not lob it down to 2nd.
...so while I was supportive of moving the game along, there is a great deal of importance for each fielder to take 2-3 balls even in high humidity.
