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Originally posted by Ump18
Hey Everybody,
I am new to the board but ahve been umpiring for a while. Was watching a game the other night and wanted to pass along something I saw.
Situation: ASA Slowpitch, 2 Man Crew, R2 and R3 with one out. Batter hits a fly ball to left field. Both runners are tagging. Left fielder comes up throwing to 3B and nails the runner. Here is where I think there was a mechanical breakdown. The Plate umpire comes up to make the call at 3B while the Base Ump is standing around 2B. Runner from 2B is dead meat but the runner from 3B had went home and neither umpire knew if the run scored before the 3rd out. I maintain that it should have been the Base Umpires call and that the Plate ump should have stayed home for the possible play at the plate. The mechanics book seems to verify this also. Just looking for any comments you all may have. Thanks
UMP18
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Assuming there was no tag up problem, there was to be no play at 2nd, so what was BU doing? The more serious issue would have been if the play went to home. Would the PU have still been there for that? As far as I'm concerned, two runners means one each.