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Originally posted by BigUmp56
If you mishandled the pitch then it's your choice on who you make a play on. You know if you caught the ball cleanly, so why look to the umpire to hold your hand.
Again, you know if you caught the ball cleanly and what options are available to you. If you think you caught the ball cleanly then you sell it to the umpire with your body language. If there are less than two outs you still have plenty of time to make a play any advancing runner.
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In case you missed it, in the play in question the catcher thought he caught the ball cleanly, and tried to sell it to the umpire with his body language, but the umpire ruled he did not catch the ball.
You are not making any sense. If R2 is stealing or is far enough off the base to be picked off, the catcher must make a choice. He can either tag the batter and let R2 go, or play on R2 and let the BR take first. If the catcher is aware of if the BR is out or not, it makes his choices a lot simpler.