Pages 67–68 Are One Sheet of Paper
The next leaf isn’t a page. It’s equipment. All thirty orders, front and back, sized for a bat bag — the whole book compressed to one card you can read in the dugout between innings.
Cut on the dashed line. Scissors beat tearing. Ask for help if the line wanders — a General keeps his equipment square.
Both sides matter. Orders 1–15 face you; flip it for 16–30. Red numbers are advanced orders — earn them in the book first.
It lives in your bag. Not your dresser. Not a drawer. The card only works where the game is.
LOSE IT? No court-martial. Every order on this card lives on its own spread in this book, and the book can issue a replacement — trace the dashed line onto notebook paper and copy the thirty lines by hand. Honestly? You’ll know them better for it.
STANDING ORDERS
GEORGIA GENERALS · 10U · SIDE ONE · 01–15
Know your number. Know all eight of theirs.
Before every pitch, take the count.
Say the play before the pitch. Every pitch.
Decide force or tag before the ball is hit, not after.
Outfield outranks infield. Center field outranks everybody.
Call it loud, call it three times, and never yell "ball."
When you're called off, answer him, then back him up.
Chase everything you can reach until somebody calls you off it.
Middle men move to the ball. Corners run to the corner.
If you're not fielding it, you're covering or backing up. Nobody stands still.
Every throw gets a second man behind it.
Take the sure out first. Be a hero second.
Get in the line. Give him your chest.
The man at the base owns the voice. The cutoff owns the line.
Ball in the gap — two men go. Lead throws, trail talks.
STANDING ORDERS
GEORGIA GENERALS · 10U · SIDE TWO · 16–30
Runner on first, ball to the grass — shortstop owns third.
Bunt down — corners charge, second base takes first.
Never show them what you're about to do.
Look him back first. Then throw.
Ball's in play — you have a job. Find it and sprint.
Two steps and a shuffle. Never get picked.
Ground ball, go. Line drive, freeze. Fly ball, read it down.
Fly ball, less than two outs — get to the bag and tag.
Two outs — you're running on contact. Don't stop to look.
Round every base like you mean it. The coach owns third.
Ahead in the count, hunt your pitch. Behind, protect the plate.
Runner on second, nobody out — move him over.
Runner on third, less than two — put it on the ground.
Two strikes — bigger zone, shorter swing, foul it off.
Look where they're standing. They're telling you where to hit it.