How to Cover Steals in Baseball

We are dealing with trying to negate the other teams’ ability to steal basis on us. Now, we have a runner on first base. The second basemen shortstop trying to coordinate whose going to take the throw on the pitch and the way to do that is the pitcher looks in to get his sign, the short have in second basemen should be able to see the sign from the catcher. And if it is the fast ball and if specifically if it is fast ball on the outside part, we would want our shortstop covering the base on the right hand to hitter because the hitter might not get a round the ball is on the outside part. It is easy for him to poke it through.

How does the shortstop in second basemen communicate to each other? Well there are many different ways to do that. One is a shortstop will make the call. He will stand like this and he will see the sign given and he can either just when the pitcher takes his set his signal by putting his glove up which means he is going to take it or he will stand like this and then he put his glove down which means the second baseman will take it.

Another way of signifying that is the open mouth-close mouth, that is very common way and what will have to do is up at second basemen, second basemen is here, the second base there. The shortstop will turn and he will go open mouth is you or hope for his close mouth and he put his glove up the hide it for the hitter, he will close mouth me. With the M close mouth, so that is another way of signifying who is going to cover the base. That is an easy way, so no one can do the hit and run on you and hit to an open spot in the infield.


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