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Originally posted by Peruvian
American Legion, bases loaded, one out. The batter attempts a squeeze play, but misses the ball. Runner from third gets caught in a rundown, but F2Â’s throw to F5 in the attempt to retire him goes into left field. The runner coming from second is standing on third base as the ball goes into the outfield and the runner coming back into third overruns the bag. They both then run home to score. Since the ball remained live, I waited until after they both crossed the plate to get an out. I got it right (mostly), but called the preceding runner out instead of the following runner. We were going to correct it for statistical purposes, but no one said anything and they were both off the base paths, so we just left it.
Incidentally, my partner, who was on the plate, went to one of the professional umpire schools and I asked him what the correct mechanic for calling this was, since I’d never seen this happen. He said they are taught to announce as soon as the infraction occurs, “That’s passing - number * is out!” and let the play continue unless it is the third out.
I knew the rule, I just didn't execute properly. I'd never heard of that mechanic (That's passing!") before.
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This one is different than the one on the other post. I can't say for sure that this is a passing situation, where I thought the other situation surely was. The correct mechanice though, when it happens, is to call it instantly. I point at the runner who did the passing and give the out signal, and simply say "he's out". If the runner who was standing on 3B started for home before the runner who overran the bag into LF retraced back across the bag, I would call him out as soon as the stepped on the home side of 3B.