The contact play is pointless with the infield in, so dumb. If the fielder gets to it you are out, just wait and see if it gets through Part of the contact play is getting a large lead and secondary lead at 3rd. There are plenty of times that the contact play will work even when the infield is in, and when there is a guy on 2nd there really isn't a good reason not to go for it. There are not plenty of times when it will work with the infield unless Carlos Gomez is running