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Originally Posted by LMan
not that the following is absolutely definitive, but from my last camp the MLB instructor-umpire reiterated that the only 2 plays that the PU can/should 'help' at 3B in the 2-man are R1 and R1-R3 when the ball leaves the infield and PU can take a potential play of the lead runner at 3B.
Ive never, ever heard of PU taking ANY play at 3B on a ball to the infield.
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LMan,
I agree wholeheartedly that those are 2 situations. How about R1 and R2 tag up at 2nd and advances to 3rd? We teach that PU has 3rd on this as well.
Also, some umpires like to have the PU take 3rd with R2 and it's the second play in the infield, as when F5 throws across to 1st, the PU covers R2 at 3rd. I do not like this, and I always tell my partner in the pre-game that I will take both plays as BU.