basically these kind of plays boil down to being either:
1) runner touches plate/base before fielder makes the tag, or
2) fielder makes the tag before runner touches plate/base.
You must call what you see !
If I cannot "separate" the two events in my mind-- I call SAFE.
The wildest ones at home plate are when neither the runner
touches the plate nor the fielder makes a tag---- you hesitate-
make a safe call and wait to see what happens.
Isn't umpiring fun ??
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and have fun out there !!
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