With a runner on first base, the baseman should stand just in front of the bag until the ball is pitched. As the pitcher throws, the first baseman will dash ten or fifteen feet off his bag to be in position for any hit that comes down his way. In taking throws from his pitcher to catch a runner off the base, the first sacker should put himself in perfect tagging position as the throw comes, so that he can make a sweeping tag in a single motion. A skillful man like Hank Greenberg of the Tigers, has mastered the trick of keeping his feet and legs out of range of the runner's spikes and using his long arms and height to make the tag.