[RPatrino]

I agree that in a 2 man crew it can be difficult to watch everything going on. I think what we sometimes get 'fixated' on watching players running around we forget that there is no reason to have our eyes anywhere but on the baseball unless the baseball takes us to a base or player. Somewhere we have lost the concept of "watch the ball, glance at the runner's".

My point, our "job" is to watch for touch/tags at the bases we are responsible for, and to cover "plays" at those bases when the ball and runner ends up there. Any other time, all eyes should be on the ball. In most cases, as PU, you will have time to glance at runner's rounding third for the touch, and still be able to make the call at the plate.

You are correct in those rare cases where you can't watch for a touch, you have to call the runner safe on appeal.