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Pregame
Hello all,
New to the site, but not to the game. First post ...
I work HS and am a rookie JUCO umpire. Great discussion about UIC covering 3B on this thread.
My 2-cents-worth on the subject ...
If we get into a habit of having a good pregame with our partner(s), this can easily be discussed and agreed upon before we step foot on the field: "Okay, with a runner on first, I'll get up the line and take him at third if the hit leaves the infield ... otherwise, you've got both plays." This leaves UIC in position to help with a pulled foot, swipe tag, overthrow, etc ...
Understood, different associations may have a set way to handle this situation, but I think a good pregame can cover a lot of the gray areas ... and this is one of them that needs to be covered with partner(s).
I agree that 2-man (and even 3-man in some rotations) puts us in a compromising position, but with some hustle and knowledge of shortcuts, we can make the call at 1B and then take a few steps to get into position to make an educated guess on the play at 3B.
Mac
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