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Nope,
"Since there was a R3, isn't that the BU call?"
No, PU has all touches and tags at third.
The proper procedure is to retreat to the "Library" (that means you move towards the third base dugout and get towards the fencing) and get as good of a look at the tag-up (glance at the ball until it is touched, then quickly change your attention to R3) making sure that you have not moved to far from the plate that you can't beat R3 to the dish.
Again this is difficult but it is simply another trade off with two man mechanics.
The key issue is to get as close to the fencing as possible as this opens up the angles for the call. While it is not a great look most umpires treat the outcome with the philosophy that R3 had to have left "real early" to be noticed enough to call out on appeal.
Tee
[Edited by Tim C on Aug 17th, 2004 at 04:28 PM]
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