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Blue19,
You, just screwed the whole play and call. Suck it up and go on, it will happen again.
Now how to improve.
1. If you were in the "C" position, there was no reason that with a few steps you could not have been in the "B" and saw this play better. Little more hustle.
2. There are times to get help from your partner and times you eat the call. This one should have been eaten. You probably made the call too fast to begin with and then was caught with your pants down. DON'T HURRY YOUR CALLS. Generally, (about 99%),if a runner is passing a fielder with the ball in possession, and the fielder makes almost any effort to tag the runner, R1 is out. If the fielder has to go a long way , then you have the potential of a mess. Get into position to see this.
The reply is, "Coach in my opinion there was a tag."
The baseline was established the minute the fielder had the ball, it is irrelavant of the fields configuration. When the fielder has the ball and is waiting to make a tag, the baseline , is a straight line between wherever R1 is and the base. Again if the fielder makes a decent effort to tag, call out R1.
GOOD Hustle and experience will get you into an advantageous position to make the right call, almost always.
Just as it will help in deciding if you need help from your partner. There shoud have been NO reason that you coudn't have made the call in this situation, swallow your pride and go on.
Now correcting the situation, this is the officials judgement to rectify a situation, in which his call put the runner in jeapordy.
Again, this was what you are getting paid for, get into position and make the call and I mean this in a helpful way.
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