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Old Mon Jul 02, 2007, 09:11am
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Originally Posted by prosec34
Trouble is, there was no way the home plate umpire could have discerned which was first: The foot on the plate, or the tag to his midsection. The PU was positioned on the first base side of the plate, looking directly up the left field line. The catcher's body was completely in the way of his line of sight.
I don't understand your description. If the PU was on the first base side of the plate how can he be looking straight up the third base line? He would have an angle on the play.
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