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| Sept. 27, 2014 Home Plate 35 posts | Defensive Philsophy @ World Masters Yesterday at the World Masters, Sunset Park, the 50's Majors were playing. Several teams used a 3 outfielder and 5 infielder defensive set up instead of the usual 4 outfielder/4 infielder defense. With the way these guys hit, what is the reasoning for this type of set up? |
| Sept. 27, 2014 softball4b Men's 70 1248 posts | Considering the power these guys have and the speed of the defense. They have to try and hit the gaps with power. A mistake and the ball goes out. Thus they try to hit down through the infield and consequently the defense responds with the 5 man. It works for the 40/50's M+ and some 55 M+. I do not believe the same type of defense is effective in the 60's, due to a natural loss of unbridled power, 60 year old players have no problem going for the gaps especially since we rarely get our 9 HRs a game. Except for the Worlds when we use the ROCK, then a higher percentage of teams will reach the HR limit. |
| Sept. 27, 2014 DoubleL10 Men's 70 907 posts | Also, in the older age groups you will run an outfield to death using the 5-man unless you have enough guys to rotate guys around in the outfield. In the 65s, we run the traditional 4-man OF and still rotate guys in and out to keep them fresh especially if they are leading off in our next at bat, |
