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Originally posted by FVB58
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Originally posted by Illini_Ref
Say runner on third. Fly ball down the right field line that the RF goes to the line to catch. Should the BU take the runner and let the PU have the catch. Or should the PU take both the catch and the tag-up. It's just a hard angle to get, and it's crucial because of a potential score.
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The mechanic taught in our clinics is PU takes an angle back toward 3B dugout. This allows the PU to make fair/foul call and the tag-up. Also allows PU to get back to the plate for the potential wacker. This is also the mechanic portrayed in the CCA manual. With that said I struggle with this because my first instinct is to chase the ball down the line. I worked a game with Mr. Jenkins last month and watched him nail this mechanic perfectly. For me it is practice, practice, practice.
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With a runner on 3rd, RF going to the line to make a catch the PU has fair/foul first, so he can't be up the 3B line to rule on touch. He has fair/foul on 1B side, then catch, no catch. This is one hell of a play for PU, but in pre-game I always say I have tags at 3B if I am PU,so I make the call, if there is one. As soon as the RF touches the ball I determine fair/foul and then glance at 3B for the runner tag, then look back for the catch. I would expect my BU to watch for catch, in case I need the help. It's not normally his call but I can't expect him to watch for touch, then turn 180 degrees to look for tag, when I said I would take tags at 3B in pre-game.