"Get on, get 'em over, get 'em in"

This phrase can be heard around many batting cages at upper levels of baseball. What does it mean and does it have merit at the amateur levels?

The concept is once you get to 2nd base (it's important that it's 2nd) the batter is supposed to hit the ball to the right side of the infield to advance the runner to 3B. Once on 3B, the batter is supposed to drive the ball up the middle. The ball up the middle can be a ground ball with the infield back or it can be a fly ball deep enough to tag on.

The issue that I would like to analyze is "get 'em over."

With 0 outs and a runner in scoring position is this really worth it? Give up an out to move the runner to 3B? I contend at the amateur level(at least at levels with limited arm strength) this play should be abolished all together. There are simply too many ways to advance to 3B without giving up an out to do it.

Third base break(as the 3B prepares to throw to 1B), shortstop break in the 6 hole, catcher break on a strike 3 in the dirt, bunt for a base hit, fly ball to average depth in center or right. These are all conventional and not so conventional ways to move to 3B rather than an ordinary ground out.

Is it important to move the runner to 3B with 1 out? Yes. All teams that understand offensive baseball should understand this concept. Yet, having a runner at 3B with 0 outs isn't bad either, right?

It also depends on where you are at in the batting order with how you manage this situation. The 8 hole hitter might have a different point of view than the 3 hole hitter.

Professional baseball theories trickle down to amateur baseball. But, we're talking about two totally different games. This is one axiom that should be, in my opinion, thoroughly thought out before uttering. There are guys that just shouldn't "get 'em over" in amateur baseball.

Eliminate the middle man and just "get 'em in."