The satellite imaging posted in the other thread seems to show it's grass infields at Sijan. I'm slightly concerned about that, but not enough to suggest we should risk experimenting with a new location for our final practice. Also, the hardball diamond at HC Park has a grass infield, so it would be possible for infielders to head over there to field some grounders if desired. I'm not sure how nervous I should be about fielding grounders with a grass/dirt transition when most of our practices have been all dirt. I really think the first baseman is important to get our timing down. My opinion: if we get 11, we have 5 on 5 with an all-time pitcher. If we have 10, I say we still field 6, with just 4 people batting. Heck, even if we only have 9, I'd still like to try to field 6 with 3-person batting squads. I also think if there's a runner on first and there are guys on the hitting squad just waiting to bat, one of them should come out and field second base so the left side of the infield can go to second to get the force or possibly turn two. I see where you're coming from, I also see myself as someone who's likely to spray hits to the right ... especially outside pitches. But I guess we just have to see how many people we get there and make due. Maybe we can get creative and employ an "opposite-field only" rule for some of the innings? I think this practice is going to be fun!! And the weather looks good! BTW, hopefully a good number of softball players will be at Long Wong's on saturday night. We can probably kick around a few ideas then.