STANDING ORDERS · SITUATIONAL BASEBALL

FIELD ORDERS

THIRTY ORDERS FOR THE THINKING BALLPLAYER

Every play you will see this season has already happened ten thousand times. This book is thirty orders, not suggestions — each one short enough to memorize and true often enough to trust. Read the game. Know your job. Move.

BEFORE THE FIRST PITCHThe General's Charge, how to use the book, and the Creed.PART ONE · ORDER OF BATTLEOrders 01–04 · numbers, the board, the report, force or tag.PART TWO · CHAIN OF COMMANDOrders 05–08 · who catches what, and who says so.PART THREE · HOLDING GROUNDOrders 09–12 · move, cover, back up, find the out.PART FOUR · SUPPLY LINESOrders 13–16 · cutoffs and relays.PART FIVE · DEFENDING THE LINEOrders 17–20 · bunts, first-and-third, the pitcher's other job.PART SIX · THE ADVANCEOrders 21–25 · leads, reads, tags, the extra base.PART SEVEN · COMMAND OF THE BATOrders 26–30 · the count, the ground, two strikes, their message.THE PLATESAll 30 field charts · tap any chart to fill the screen.STANDING ORDERS CARDAll thirty orders on one card. Say them out loud.THE ANSWER KEYAfter all four reps. The why, not just the what.DOWNLOADSThe full book and the dugout wall charts, PDF.

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