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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by scyguy
Bob,
let me get this straight. On the "coverage" thread, you pointed out that my questions about the 2-man showed the problems with the NFHS manual. Now, you agree with OZ that I am "new to the 90'"? It may not mean anything to you, but because I have such respect for your knowledge,that is a very sharp dagger you have.
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No. I agree with Ozzy that 3-person is difficult to work / games have been turned into shambles, etc.
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I've done 3-man before. In fact, I worked the legion varsity districts last summer with two MVC umpires that thought I did an outstanding job. I will be fine Sat. and I know that I will. I was trying to discuss 3-man to reenter the info in the brain. Pardon me for wanting to be prepared.
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That's not the way I read your post. It certainly read to me like "I've not done this before --- help!"
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thanks again Rich. What about R1 and R2, U3 in C. Base hit, UIC stays home U3 takes R1 into 3B. Does U1 swing in behind BR after touching 1B and take him into 2B or is U3 resp for both R1 and BR?
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U1 pivots and takes BR to second. If you go behind, you won't (likely) catch up to the BR. Be sure U3 and U1 exchange the "reverse rotation" signal prior to the play (the specific signal that's used will depend on the area).
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What Bob said regarding the mechanic.
For me, the signal has always been a two handed slide given by U3 in C to the plate umpire and U1 in A. This is one situation where the umpires have to know what's going on in advance -- it's more rare in 3-man that U1 pivots in on a clean hit so the crew needs to remind itself.
Three of us split two checks on Saturday and worked a HS game. The only problem we had were the half-dozen fly balls hit right at (or right near) F8 -- which umpire goes out? We managed to work through that because we pregamed that U1 would read off of U3.