Show Batter iatter Should Hit Ball When Vh Steal is is s Attempted The rhe fact that foul halls are nrc so tlC ire frequently hit when a runner starts to steal second has luts prompted several fans ails to make malle as Is to tu whether for thIs thin there Is lit I a IL scientific reason teason There Is Often you ou see a 1 runner start for see sec e ond thu und Just t nl as he lie Is about to reach the time hair bH the tItu butter will viii foul tilt off the ball and the runner luis has to return to first All around thc ho stand you ou will wilt hear h al Brunts grunts of 0 disapproval like this What Whal hat tilt did he hI want to his ut i It for tor llo had the bane ha e stolen sure You all fI It have hM heard h ard it Baseball science and Ind experience teach that Ihal the batter should always hit hilt at the thu hall hail when hien a it steal of or second Is attempted and moreover ho hue should try tn to lo hit lilt the Iho hall If H ho he hi misses the thu hils runner will naturally have huc a It I belter heLter opportunity of or beliK mate hate I lIr an as tho thue will th catcher c I lInt Hut the t lie main object Is for forthe or orthe the batter hulter lot t br to lo lilt hit hi I t the t lie hall ball When h n a u runner starts for tal second either the th second baseman or the hue short stop Is going to cover coe the big and tho the other may take a IL on backing him up U This will leave leao two positions practically uncovered unco or 01 rather I thoro will I bo hi h two holes In III i tu tutu this Infield and If Ie tile lie batter con can poke poe a ru hull Enough It so Si much mItch the better Instead of or a it 1 lac ImRe tho the former Cornier base halll runner wilt havi gone gono to tn third am nUll the tic batter will be bo on oh Do Di you OU sec the tile luau Idea If It the tho batter docs not succeed In ill hit tins the ball the 1111 th runner will havo that thu much better bettel chanco of ot gutting tile 1116 biso baso So you ou see bee tile hue plan works to I advantage both Iloth ways It If the tho batter waited whited fh runner might be thrown out and neither would he IIII better off olt Jn lit attempting this 1118 play hIlLY tho thin naturally hits hils many fouls ns nit he hue strike at lut every e I hall bail that KOCH goes by Now In iii tho future dont ho hl c thIC runner has baum to to Ost men tIles are playing tho time panic game |