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I will try to answer any and all instructional baseball questions to the best of my ability. Questions regarding pitching, hitting, catching, fielding, baserunning, the mental side of the game, strength and conditioning, nutrition, throwing programs, getting college baseball scholarships, playing professional baseball, etc. Please no fan questions only player development and player improvement questions.

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Baseball Instruction - Positioning myself on the field

Expert: John Madden - 10/14/2009

Question
I play firstbase.In what situations would the firstbase man need to back-up homeplate

Answer
Really the only time that you would even think about backing up homeplate would be a for sure triple hit to the left side of the leftfield line with a man on first, or an in the park homerun also hit down the left field line. Other than that you would have other responsibilities or priorities. Usually you would be the trailer if it was a double with a man on first (a trailer is when you run behind the runner following him to second in case your team wants to throw behind him). Also if the baseball was hit to right or center you would have to be the cutoff man to home. I think even in the circumstances listed above I would just kind of hang out in between home and first in case the baseball bounces out into the infield. The pitcher should be backing up home in those plays so you might just want to stay in the shallow infield. I hope that helps! Go to www.yougoprobaseball.com for more tips, drills, and videos. Thanks

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