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To: John123
Baseball term, hit-and-run. Runner on 1st breaking for 2nd, the 2nd baseman leaves his position to cover the bag at 2nd and the batter hits one through the hole (vacated position) behind the runner. In reference to President Bush former affiliation with the Texas Rangers baseball team.
12 posted on 11/03/2003 4:40:10 AM PST by PGalt
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To: PGalt
You and Bug did your best to make me understand "hitting behind the runner". This helped too:

"Hitting Behind the Runner. When a batter is hitting behind the runner, he is hitting the ball to the right side of the field, which is behind a runner who is going from first to second base. If the ball is hit behind the runner and the ball goes into the outfield, the runner has a good chance to reach third base because the right fielder has a long throw to make. If a ball is hit in front of the runner into left field, the runner is less likely to go to third, because the throw to third for the left fielder is fairly short."

19 posted on 11/03/2003 6:17:32 AM PST by YaYa123 (@Basebal Baffles Me.com)
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