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Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser
You do the best you can. 2-man is a series of compromises.
If you would bet your life and/or career on the call you made in the OP even with a camera pointed right at the base and instant replay for the world to see, then I'd support your call.
If not, you should've called the runner safe. Benefit of the doubt, ANY doubt, should definitely go to the runner on this play.
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Fair enough.
Let me add two things;
1) On this play, the runner came in slow enough that I am very confident in what I saw. But I guess that doesn't mean it is what I should have called, because I do believe in calling the expected call, at the right time.
2) Me personally...When a runner comes back to the base standing up, rather than hustling in with a hard dive, if the play is close, I bang them them out. No rule to support this. Just my way of making a decision on a close play.