Originally Posted by
carleton
Stringing the field out is a pretty cool strategy. I've never seen it done like that. I've been in fields that got strung out, but I think it was done to burn off guys like me.
It's normally done to get rid of guys like you. I once watched a bunch of guys in a 1/2 field that included Jimmy Watkins *not* do that, with the obvious result. It's part of what motivated me to attack right after the gun to get my lap at nats-- either I was going to get away, or at least get the speed up so we wouldn't noodle around until the guys like you decided to accelerate. What Creed and Friedman did was pretty impressive-- Creed was really flying to string it out, and Friedman then had to be going even faster to take the lap.