[Sylvanfan]

There is no question that in slow pitch, most of the time the easiest out on ground balls usually isn't at first base. Especially when you can't lead off, and have to go on contact, and you can't over run the bases or slide. Even on soft liners you can get outs at second base. In fact most of the time rather than bother with run downs....force the runner back to the base rather than risk throwing it away and having that runner on third. 75% of the time a good guy running will get out of the run down in slow pitch.