

So, if as a pitcher you’re so bad as to have to concern yourself with that kind of failure, by all means stay in the stretch, but it won’t help all that much.

Its usually the pitcher’s lack of skill that throws a breaking pitch only 53’ or so, and not the catcher not being able to catch a pitch. The chances of a passed ball allowing a runner on 3rd to score as compared to a wild pitch is probably close to 50:1 or more. Always, always, always Stretch! Giving up too much of a lead down the line allows the potential for a passed ball to allow the runner to score and allows the runner to score on a ground ball where he would otherwise hold.
