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Originally posted by tornado
Doing a 13u game (80' bases) alone, there was a sinking liner hit to straight-away center. The cf came charging in & made a great diving/scooping catch. Offensive coach disagreed with my call but is a former umpire and understood my being over 100' feet away wasn't going to bring the results he needed.
What's the best position for me to get to to make this call? Sprint towards 2nd or work down 3rd baseline to get an angle??
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Sinking liner to CF don't allow much time to sprint toward 2B. But going toward 3B line is not optimum either. I would move toward the right or left edge of the mound, depending on the direction of the ball, but not in a sprint, for a sinking liner. Better to be set for the catch than on the move.
100 feet in CF sounds easy. Try a fair/foul call into the sun down a line on a home run/foul ball.