Giving Verbal Instructions to Baserunners

Video Transcript

"Hello, my name is Adrian Arceo and now we're going to talk about the verbalized check list. Now, what this is, is verbal instructions that you give to your runners after every pitch. Like, let's say for example: you have a runner on first base and you tell them freeze on a line. Now, what that means is that while he's getting ready to run, if he sees a line drive getting hit, you shouldn't just bolt towards the next base. You want for him to freeze and take a look at where the ball lands before he decides to go. Now, let's say for example: you have a runner on second base, with nobody on first. You may want to yell, go on the right. Now, what that means is that, if a batter gets a hit to the right side, you want the runner on second base to advance to third. Also, an example: say you have a guy on third base, and you tell him to go on the pass ball. Now, what you're telling the runner is that, if he sees the ball gets past the catcher you want him to go ahead and try to steal home. Now, you have to remember that all these signs are different for every team. You can't just go into a new team and decide to throw out these verbal instructions and they not understand what they mean. Or, you have to remember that all these things are going to change after every pitch because the situation's going to change. Let's say for example: you go from two, two count to a full count. You may want to tell your runner, hey go on the pitch. Then you would just yell out to them, you know, go on the pitch, which means as soon as the pitcher gets ready to throw home, you want to start advancing. So, remember to go down the verbalized checklist as often as necessary."