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Glen,
I worked 7 games with Brian Shallenberger and Dora Martinez and had the pleasure of working another with Diane Beasley, out of Tenn. She is a solid official and a joy to be around.
Rachel,
We did not have an unusual number of OBS calls this weekend compared to what I've heard from the guys who worked earlier tournaments. I did notice the 1st and 2nd basemen making more of an effort to clear the bag when no pick-off throw was made. Our crew had no more than 2 or 3 warnings in 8 games.
The situation where a player straddles a bag and the runner doesn't decide to slide straight in is going to bring coaches out more often than not. But if the defender doesn't have or is not about to receive the ball, she can't dictate what part of the bag the runner can touch. The good thing about OBS is that it is still a judgement call, which makes it a little easier to deal with an unhappy head coach.
Good luck at Louisville.
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