When runners are on 1st and 3rd and a fly ball is hit to the outfield, the runner at 3B tags. If the ball is a routine fly ball, the runner at 1st should tag also.
If the outfielder throws to the cutoff man (1B or 3B near the mound) there is no possible way that the ball can be redirected quick enough to record an out at 2B.
This is something that should be practiced and repeated in practice. At amateur levels of baseball, arm strengths are not enough to throw to cutoff men and then to have the ball re-directed quick enough.
It's simple and it's something that teams could and should take advantage of. If the outfielder is going to throw home, the runner at 2B should be at 2B. Even if the team throws to a cut man it shouldn't matter.
Best case scenario, run scores and another runner in scoring position.
Worst case scenario, runner gets thrown out at the plate and runner in scoring postion.
The only manner in which the man on 1st wouldn't get to 2B is if the throw wouldn't go to the cutoff man.
It's a detailed technique of base running but it's something that would give a team an advantage.
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