Second Base
Turns the double play from the harder side, covers on a steal, takes the relay from right field and plays the shallowest of the four infielders.
The job. Turns the double play from the harder side, covers on a steal, takes the relay from right field and plays the shallowest of the four infielders.
What separates a good one. The pivot is the skill. Taking a feed and getting rid of it with a runner bearing down is the single most dangerous routine act in baseball, and the men who do it well do it in about seven tenths of a second.
At youth level. Where a smaller, quicker player belongs, and where the arm requirement is lowest of the four infield spots.
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