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It was a good call on the no tag and a poor call on the runner going three feet out of his established running lane. As Yeast points out, you have the running lane to use as a reference in that instance.
It was clear that the runner went more than three feet out of his lane to avoid the tag. Considering it was near first and there were many things happening at once, I can understand how the umpire missed, but those are the type of plays that we are paid to get right.
A smart coach, instead of going balistic and getting thrown out, should have asked him to confer with the plate umpire. It's the PU job to watch for certain things around first (pulled foot, swipe tags, running lane interference). And while the avoiding of a tag by three feet isn't one of them, if he saw it and offered it to the BU, the call may have been changed.
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