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Originally Posted by socalblue1
Sure, play will be in front of U3, as will BR for about two seconds (That whooshing sound is him blowing past as you stop, reverse & try to catch up). Now we have a foot race with U3 losing badly - better hope PU bails him out.
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I don't think U3 will be 10 feet from second base when he discovers the BR is rounding second and heading for third, more likely half or slightly more between third and second. This would give U3 plenty of time to get back to third to make the call. If you can't then you shouldn't be on the field.
Regardless, being from Canada we must follow the guidelines specified in the positioning manual because if all the umpires are doing different things your sure to screw up.
That's why there should always be a pre-game conference to discuss these scenarios.