[wadeintothem]

I would be suprised to see anyone advocate calling what you think should be called based on effort or something else over calling what you see. In fact, if you think fast enough to do that, kudos to you. I have trouble enough focussing on the play without cycling through a bunch of scenarios where I consider what should be called in a given circumstance.

I think there are some umpiring Tips wrt bang bang plays, especially when training new umpires who grew up hearing "tie base goes to the runner" ... but calling what you see is an essential element of all calls.