“What did you say Alex?” Maddux asked.

“Didn’t say anything,” Reyes realized.

“You didn’t say anything – you leave them out to dry,” Maddux said.

Reyes later made up for it with a plus play that put Wainwright’s team ahead of Leone’s in the drill. Leone pulled off the most impressive play of the round however when he yelled he could not get to a high-bounder up the first-base line, but followed the play to first, caught the ball on the run and turned just enough to tag the bag. Maddux referred to such plays as “athletic plays,” and they would compensate for flubs.

ROUND 3: POPUP PRIORITY

In the third round, Wainwright’s team faced Flaherty, Shreve & Co. in the popup priority. As they did before the cover-first round, Wainwright’s group talked through what they would be judged on in the round. It wasn’t just catching popups. They also had to call it, field it, keep the head up, and once the play had been made check the bases because of the situation. There had been a series of exceptional catches already at the field.