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Originally posted by Al
Here's the play...Girl trying to turn an easy triple into a home run. The throw from the cut off was about 9 or 10 feet up the third base line. The catcher charges up the line and catches the ball on the fly just as the runner is passing her. She attempted a swipe tag but missed. At the time of that attempted tag the runner went to the outside edge of the base line. (her left foot was right on the 3 foot line as she passed the fielders missed tag) But the momentum from her sudden change of direction, as she tried to avoid the tag drew her way outside the 3 foot base line. She even lost her footing as she was closing in on home plate. The catcher was closing in on her, but was a few inches short of tagging the runner who scrambled on her hands and knees to the plate. I got some noise on this one!!! It was a pool game and I made the call against an out of state team. Their coach quickly yelled out my call was the "worst call he ever seen"! So what's the call?
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Plays like this are difficult for some one that wasn't there to rule on. I would say that if the BR ran "way outside" of her already established running lane to avoid F2 standing there ready to make the tag then she should be called out.
You sound like you might be a new umpire? Let me ask you personally this, if the BR rounds 1B headed full speed for 2B, where due you judge the 3' running lane to be? The same question for the BR rounding 3B heading home?
[Edited by Justme on Jan 23rd, 2006 at 08:10 PM]