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Hey...hey...hey...I'm late (nobody wants to hear that song...especially sung by their girlfriend), but I'm not done with this thread yet. We can play name that tune later.
I was PU and read this as a scoring play as soon as I saw R1 never slow down at 2B and shift it into 4th gear, so I stayed at home (unfortunately I didn't communicate this to my partner). R1 hit 3B and got 1/3 of the way home, then put on the breaks and went back to 3B. Cutoff man throws to 3B, but R1 is back and beats the tag by 1-2 seconds. But there is a tag and a safe mechanic is appropriate. I'm back home on 3BLX disappointed that he held up, my partner is in working area/3B side of the mound. My partner points at me and then points at the base, gesturing that that call is mine. Because no one else is making tha call, I make a half-hearted safe sign.
In between inning he have a brief discussion (to be continued after the game)about the coverage. He says that I should have been down at 3B for that play. I told him that I read that as a scoring play all the way. He said that I should have come down 3BL and then bust *** for home if he went. The kid was flying...if I had gotten half way down the line, he'd of been at 3B and passing me a second later while I scrambled to get home and I'd be in no position to make a call at home (if he didn't stop).
I think that I had a good read on the play and though I didn't communicate it, I think that I was in the right place. He insists that I should have been down 3BL to make that call at 3B.
So who has the right to think that their partner left them hanging?
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