first base coach

Runner's baseline guide

The first base coach is the coach stationed in foul territory near first base during a baseball game.

The position involves directing baserunners—signaling whether to round the bag or hold, watching for pickoff attempts, and relaying signs from the dugout.

The first base coach waved him around to second.

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