 But to finish that thought, it's so ingrained in your head to throw hard and throw from a certain angle that you get a really close throw to first base, and you sometimes put way too much on it. Your release point is all out of whack, and it's much easier to have it to a pitcher than it is for an infielder because they're not mentally trained in the way of a pitcher. That's the argument I've heard from some of my friends who played college baseball. First pitch on the way of swinging a high fly ball. It's shallow.