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With partners I've worked with before, we will in fact discuss at pregame and do as Skaht suggests. However, BU needs a plan of action with either A - an umpire with which he's not had this discussion, or B - a situation with multiple runners where PU cannot help. I believe that working outside after an overthrow in this sitch works readily well, just as it would had the play never left the infield.
We had a sitch once in an on-field clinic with live batters. The clinician asked F9 to play shallow and the batter to try to hit a shot down the line, with F9 overthrowing F3 to illustrate exactly this play.
F3 tried to play the ball as BU moved into foul ground to make the call, anticipating the ball getting through. The ball glanced off of F3 into foul ground, but F9 still played it. BU ended up not just in foul ground... but INSIDE as well (in the coaches box, toward home). That ball got away as planned, and BU was SCREWED. Inside, and foul, with no hope of getting into position and still avoiding the play itself.
His comment was, "There. Now you have an example of what NOT to do... let's try this again." It was pretty humorous.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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