How To Play Baseball: Bunt Responsibilities

Learn how to react on 3rd base in a bunt situation.

(Music Playing) Third baseman has got a number of responsibilities in a bunts of situations. First of all, he has got to survey the situations and see what we have. There are going to be times when he can charge the ball in times, when he is not going to be able to charge the ball. We are going to take first a chance to show you when we would charge. When we got right to move to the ball when we get ready to charge the bunt. We want our third baseman to angle himself out just a little bit and go to the right of the ball, so when he braked out, when he brakes down he has got a good, strong set up to be able to throw his shoulder, hip and near pointed right at his target. We will going to take a look at the charge on the bunt. If you have watched Jake see runs the ball off and gets ready to make the throw of at first. Go. He is going to charged hard, breakdown, field, and on the first base. Technique involved here is very important simply because once Jake picks it up he better be in position to throw it. Because the guy moving on the first base line is throwing up the yard, it is in the entire time he is running after. Okay, Jake we will start one more time. Go. Breaks down, fields the ball, and on the first base. (Music Playing) The other responsibility for the third baseman, when we got the runner on the second base or if there is a runner on the first and second and the potential exists for a bunt which virtually anytime during the game using coaches call the bunt. The third baseman’s job is to let the pitcher know that the pitcher now has responsibility to cover the line. Third baseman is now going to have due to the fact that the man on the second is now going to try to advance the third. The only ball that third baseman would be responsible for is a bunt that were to roll past the picture where the picture just could not get to it and the third baseman will go ahead on the field and throw on the first. We tell all of our own fielders; it is never a mistake to get an outfield. So, last thing we want Jake to do is just go ahead and let us sit there, pick it up and throw it out. (Music Playing)