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Originally posted by gsf23
Had a situation like this happen in a game I was playing in. Runner at second, line drive one hops out the the centerfielder. CF comes up firing to home, catcher is yelling for the cut cause throw is a little off line. Umpire behind the plate tries to step out into the infield to get a look at a play on the batter-runner rounding. Umpire and the guy coming home collide as the umpire is stepping out, both go down about 5 feet from home plate. Throw comes through to home, catcher gets the ball jogs over and tags the runner. Umpire, lying on his back looks over...sees the tag and rings up the runner.
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#1 If the umpire was going to trail the BR (which isn't advised at this point), why wasn't he out from behind the plate immediately following the ht?
#2 In the games using a second plate or line, a tag is not an option. Either the plate is touched for an out or there is no out.