Fri Aug 05, 2005, 08:24am
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Get away from me, Steve.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
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Originally posted by DG
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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
To make it simple, anytime there is a runner at first base, the first base umpire is in A.
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This is the way I learned it. I call this "1st base preferred". I work one tournament a year with a group of umpires who learned it differently, and I call their method "3rd base preferred". They like to call it "keeping an umpire ahead of the runner".
No runners or R3 only -- A/D
R1 only -- A/deep C
R1+R2 -- B/D
R1+R2+R3 -- B/D
R2 only -- deep B/D
R2+R3 -- deep B/D
It's a subtle difference, but I adjust because it's easier for me to adjust than for them to do so (six of us working two fields over 4 days).
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This is old-timer thinking and requires one umpire to call both halves of a DP while the other base umpire watches.
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