Quote:
Originally posted by rickfriedmann
Same, in B and C - do I want to go out to the close flies in center or rely on PU who in pre-game said he'd cover those.
THANKS!
|
I am somewhat confused. Did the PU tell you he would take catches in the outfield made by the centerfielder? If so, than I have no advice for you. The PU must feel pretty good about himself to take those calls. As PU, I will take everything outside of the right and leftfielder and I will take the 1st and 3rd basemen. If I see the BU going out on a close play in the outfield, I know my responsibility changes to cover the baserunners. Hopefully this was covered in our pregame conversations.
As far as the baserunner running in Fair territory to 1st, I have interference if I feel the catcher altered his throw because of the presence of the B/R or if he held his throw to avoid hitting the B/R. A judgment call, I know, but I would rather have that than catchers throwing baseballs at runners to get my call.
There is a great deal of disagreement on this issue and this is just MY approach. You will undoubtedly see others appear now.