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Originally Posted by GirlPowerATL
Are you guys saying the play by play is saying the outfielder throws home and get the runner, however visually its showing the throw is to the cutoff man who than throws home to get the runner? Im just wanting to keep up with you guys lol
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No, the play-by-play is correct, relating the outfielder's throw to the cut-off man, who then throws to second or third to get the trail runner – it's just that the narration goes on to praise the outfielder's tremendous throw. Which, sure, hitting the cut-off man is a skill, but by context you can tell the pxp is meant to describe a Puig-like rocket from the RF corner or some such.
(Also, come to think of it, why doesn't the pxp note when a runner made the first or third out at 3B? OOTP *can* be a teaching tool for baseball fundamentals, if we want it to be.)