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Originally Posted by Andy
Wade and WMB - I was taught to trail down the 1B line with a runner on first, help with the pulled foot, swipe tag if necessary, then go diagonal across the infield to the 3B line to get an angle on a possible play at 3B, then close the distance right up the line, adjusting left or right as necessary.
I'm big and slow, but I can get to the line for the angle, then close the distance so that by the time I make a call, I'm right there.
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A quick trail is no big deal.. with an understanding that your priority is the advancing runner, not the sacrifice at 1B, which is already covered by the BU.
The importance of the entire play (hit & run, bunt, slap etc) rests with whether they hold them @2 or advance to 3... or defense gets the outs.
Getting on top of a developing play at 3B is a very high priority play, if you are trailing the runner so far that the best you can do is a "good angle" at 3B, you trailed to far. IMO, you should be right there at 3B (5-6 ft at most) for the call or you didnt do it right.