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Originally posted by orioles35
Maybe it isn't a fact of life, but when I've got a potential play at 3rd and one at 1st, there really isn't a whole lot of room to move without being out of position for potential plays at one of those bases. And I sure can't predict where the throw from the shortstop is going to be, either to third or first, on target, high, low, up the baseline or wherever. I could move anywhere on or around the mound and if it's a throw causing the 1st baseman to stretch in my direction, I CAN'T SEE HIS FOOT and the separation between it and the bag. That's when I go for help.
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Sure you can make this call. You step up into the working area behind the mound and when F6 throws to first you take a couple of quick steps towards the 45 foot line between home and first. No way you get straightlined. Umpires get straightlined because they run straight towards a play rather than getting an angle.
Ask me for help on this play and my response would likely be, "Yup, R2 touched third." THAT is my primary job. Yours is making the call at first base. Or third base.
--Rich