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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
IMO, 3B line extended is one of the worse positions a softball umpire can take. To see ANY play, you have to depend on the runner sliding to one-side or the other and pray the never reverse their path.
I would suggest you exit right, but come through the LH batter's box and get an angle on the play from inside the diamond and adjust as the play unfolds. From here, you are not in the middle of any possible play. You are prepared to take the runner back to 3B. Should there be other runners in another scenario, you are prepared to see any possible subsequent play, yada, yada, yada.
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As long as you go behind F1.
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