Rooting for a Baseball Team on Defense

Video Transcript

"So, if your teams in the field, the objective is, is to get three outs, as I've said before. But how do you get to those three outs, if you're sitting in the stands, what are you rooting for? More often than not, you're rooting for the pitcher to throw the ball past the batter, you're trying to get it past, or the batter is standing there with the bat on his shoulders and the balls falls into the strike zone because the batter thinks it's going to be a ball. That's very important! That's what you're rooting for, you're rooting for the pitcher to make the inning as quick as possible. Ok, let's say the pitcher can't, isn't going to strike this guy out because he just doesn't have this great of stuff. Then you want him to hit a right outfielder, so the fielder can get the ball in time and throw it to a base, so he can get the runner before they get there. And, your the objective is to make sure the ball is hit at those players, so that they can, they can, they can get an out. Whether that be through a fly ball which is a ball that goes up into the air and the player catches it before it hits the ground. That counts as one out. Or a ground ball which is hit to somebody and hopefully they can get the ball to first base or any base to force a runner out to create an out. And, that, that, that is the objective if you're sitting in the fans, stands and you want your team to get in the dugout as fast as possible, is to get three outs as fast as possible. "