How To Play Baseball: Drag Bunt

A drag bunt can be particularly effective when there is a runner on second or first and second and no outs. It is also an effective play when the third baseman is playing deep and you have a runner on third with two outs. In this situation, the third baseman is playing deep. We have a hitter at the plate, who is an excellent bunter. It is this situation that requires the bunter to be accurate and trying to get the ball down the line.

Let us take a look at how it works on the field.

The number of outs is really not important. It is the fact that the third baseman is giving us a drag bunt situation. It is more of an element of surprise that anything else. Since the third baseman is playing deep, he is giving that opportunity to us. It does not always require that the bunter be an excellent base runner or be fast.



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