[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

If I'm an excellent base runner, as soon as the ball is hit I'm starting to go towards home, you are going to have to throw me out at home, especially in a playoff game in the 8th inning down 1-0. Even then, if you looked me back, I'm not going all the way back to the bag because it's not a force out, even if you do throw to 3B.. but once I see you start a DP, I'm sprinting towards home plate. The SS will have to stop his momentum towards 1B and throw me out at home.
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In that situation especially, I'm telling my runner to go on contact, the only thing that matters at that point in time is tying the game up.

Line drive, ball hit in the air, you go back and tag, ball hit on the ground past the pitcher, you get your butt in gear and head home.

I'm sure there are situations where that doesn't always happen 100% of the time, but at that situational point in time I tell my runner, "on contact, get a big jump and if it's on the ground, head home".

If he had done that I would have thrown him out at the plate and it would have likely been a 4-2-3 DP and there would still be two outs but they'd only have a runner on second.