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This past weekend, 2 man crew. My first games of the year as I'm only working on an "as needed" basis this season (as in "I need the money, give me a few games").
R1 and R2, pitcher in the stretch and R2 breaks early. Now of course the pitcher could have very well threw to the plate from there, or even made an attempt at R1. In either case I have to hold my ground, behind the mound.
Pitcher makes a play to 3rd to get R2, R2 slides around the backside of the base and the 3rd baseman applies the tag there, amongst a cloud of dust that totally obscures my view. What did I see? Ball beat runner, 3rd baseman applied the tag while R2 still appeared to be sliding/reaching for 3rd base. I rang him up and got a few polite comments from the 3rd base coach, the only one of which that bothered me was "get into position to make the call", as though I had even a chance to move at ALL during that play, not that it would have helped (we need rain badly around here).
In my case, I probably did kick the call but how would I know? That's one of the many downfalls of a two-man crew.
The 3rd base coach had the best view of the play, certainly better than I did. Make the call, live with it. That's your job.
I'm just glad I got paid for two no-shows on Sunday, enabling me to save my legs for hockey that night!
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