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I just realized I said infield single. Lol. Yes, I meant ground out to an infielder.
My issues is this: if it is a tie game, say 4-4 in the 7th inning, with a runner on third and one out and there is a ground ball to short, always, in my short experience so far, the fielder goes to first and allows the run to score. You allowed them to take the lead to get an out.
In my opinion, and what I was taught growing up playing baseball, was that you looked the runner back and then made the throw to first. You never gave up the lead for an out. You might let the run score if you are up several runs, but never in a tie game.
A similar example would be a team intentionally walking the batter to put runners on 1st and 3rd to set up the double play possibility. The game actually does that sometimes, but seems to sacrifice the run for the out in my experience. I've lost a few games because of this and it boggles my mind because it goes against everything I was always taught about situational play as an infielder.
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