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Curious how hard the throw to 1st was when the SS was tossing it to you from up the middle? That's where I imagine the hardest turn would be to make a throw.
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Good point, I wasn't even thinking about that. Turning the 6-4-3 was probably the hardest thing to do.
I don't think I ever had to try turning one in a game but in practice all you could do was cheat in order to get in a better position to catch and turn. You basically had to be in motion once the SS/3B released. Guage the ball, get feet set, pivot hips to catch ball then go full opposite end of that pivot to throw. (which isn't as bad as it sounds) Even then any ball deep to the shortstop left you out of position and good footwork was needed.
Thinking about it at any upper level you could easily kill yourself trying to turn that with a 250lb bearing down on you.