LakeErieUmp,
I agree with DG in all respects.
On the "trick play" with R1 & R3, I've found the "fake throw to 2B" much more deceptive when the catcher throws to F4 rather than F6 - of course most F4s at that level don't have nearly the arm that most F6s have, so you've got to be confident that your F4 can make the throw home.
I also agree that the 2B award is a TOT, rather than TOP award. But it is NOT because it is a "2nd play" - as described, it isn't a 2nd play. However, the 2nd play condition only applies on batted balls where the batter has become a runner. When it is a first play by an infielder withoout a batted ball, the award is always a TOT award. (Ref. J/R, Multi-base Awards, TOT Award, Example Play #5.)
In your sitch, as long as the R1 had reached or passed 2B at the time the wild throw left the F1's hand, he should have been awarded home.
Doesn't strike me as ticky-tacky at all. Smittyland would be NOT awarding the runner home when the rules say you should.
JM
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