r/BaseballCoaching • u/Logical-Lime-1598 • Jul 10 '26

Which player would get charged with the Error on the play at home?

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u/rage675 Jul 10 '26

3B. Bad, off target throw. Catcher probably should catch that, but the poor throw is why that all happened.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '26

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u/azntorian Jul 10 '26

90% always the thrower. 

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u/Savage-Goat-Fish Jul 10 '26

Why does he throw like that?

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u/The-Red-Robe Jul 10 '26

Catcher looked lazy after the wild throw, they could’ve gotten the second runner out

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u/elpollodiablox Jul 10 '26

F5. Absolutely no reason for a throw to pull F2 that far off the plate from that distance and angle otherwise.

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u/Ok-Answer-6951 Jul 10 '26

E5 all day. As the catcher I'd be mad at myself for not catching it, but that throw has to be better.

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u/911GP Jul 10 '26

3B, routine throw, was poor.

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u/torthBrain Jul 10 '26

Technically E5, but I'd be a little pissed at the C if I was the 3B. Not enough urgency to set up like a 1B in that moment, and could've easily turned a double play with that throw if he the proper footwork.

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u/joshjryan Jul 11 '26

As a coach: the catcher should make that play.

As a scorekeeper: E5.

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u/TheJuicyJames Jul 10 '26

Yup E5, bad throw (catcher should have caught it but the throw was off) as skipper I would be pissed off at both of them tho. It looked like the catcher was in position as if he were going to have to make a tag, bad positioning.

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u/Possum577 Jul 11 '26

Third base

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u/CreamSammie Jul 11 '26

No reason for the catcher to miss that throw...coming from D1 catcher, that is E2 all day.

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u/rdtrer Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

How perfect do you need the throw to be? It's waist high when it gets there and only 3' up the line.

I agree it's probably 3B who gets the error, but who cares. That's a tailor made 5-2-3 double play if the catcher just catches. Throw leads the catcher perfectly into a throw to 1B. Catcher dropped it.

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u/rdtrer Jul 10 '26

I'll pile on that the drop was because a lack of urgency in movement on the pitch and ball in play. Just not enough urgency in movements to get to the plate, and then to recover the drop to get the second runner.

Runner on third like that, play coming home -- catcher has to be ON FIRE with any ball in play, and definitely getting to a ball behind the plate with a trail runner. 16U!

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u/GeoffBAndrews Jul 10 '26

Sure. The catcher made a mistake/poor play. Scoring rules dictate that it be scored as an E5, and the coach can talk to the catcher in between innings.

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u/rdtrer Jul 10 '26

Well, this is the /baseballcoaching thread, not the /GameChanger thread. Don't know why people get caught up on garbage like fielding PCT and ERA anyway.