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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
3 man mechanics, as taught today, have nothing to do with the batter or the number of outs.
No runners or R3 only -- A/D
R1 only -- A/deep C
R1+R2 -- A/C
R1+R2+R3 -- A/C
R2 only -- deep B/D
R2+R3 -- deep B/D
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Rich,
When you say "as taught today", it depends on what level you work. In college baseball, we use the CCA mechanics which follows what you wrote except with R1 only and a RIGHT handed batter, U3 can work in deep C or deep B. If a left handed batter, U3 must position himself in deep C (because he would have check swing resposibility)
In PRO ball (at least in the Northern League), with R1, we can position ourselves in deep B or deep C because check swing responsibility always goes to the umpire on the line (umpire in the middle never has check swing).
Pro ball 3 man mechancs are situational. For example, if there are two outs, U1 will always be in A regarless of where the runners are on base (ie, R2 & R3, 2 outs - U3 would be in C and U1 is in A). Also, if there are 2 outs and a 3-2 count(where the runner(s) are going on the pitch), the plate umpire will not rotate up to third (he will stay home) and the base umpires will reverse rotate.
CCA mechanics 3 man mechanics are very standardized because umpires are not working with the same guys all year. Pro 3 man has more variations and is more flexible because you work with the same crew all year. Hopefully, I didn't complicate things further.