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I believe also in the above situation in what ever level your calling part of good umpiring is knowing players and teams tendencies as much as possible so in a way this is one of those plays you have to see. Were was F3 would be one question was she at 1st expecting the throw if she was the batter-runner should know she better be inside the running lane.
Is it the catcher normal practice to throw down to 1st on walks? What was the catcher's reaction after the throw? Did it look like an errant throw or purpose throw? Does the catcher's team shown a tendency of playing dirty ball?
The runner has she or her team shown a habit of doing this then when they get to 1st turn to 2nd or not? Was there or has there been any bad blood between the teams?
I believe all these thing and more sometimes have to come into a umpire decision when they make a call on a play like this
Just my thoughts
Don
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