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Originally Posted by David B
If you are in position you will never have to ask anyone about a call.
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I will agree that knowing how to get into position, and how to swivel or lean once in position, will keep you out of trouble 99.99% of the time. But this still leaves the 1 in 10000 where something odd happens and you do NOT see everything that is relevant (this percentage varies by size of crew and size of diamond, of course).
Case in point would be the tag/no-tag at 2nd base in the NLCS. The MLB umpire absolutely missed this call, as weird things caused the tag to be 180 degrees away from him. And he was too proud to ask for help (on a 6 man crew, where at least 2 if not 3 of the umpires COULD HAVE had a better angle). This tag was missed by at least a foot and a half - but even with perfect positioning, he couldn't see it.