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Originally Posted by bossman72
2 Man:
1) Is there any situation in which the BU in the B or C position to start the play would rotate to home plate?
2) R1, R3. R1 gets in a rundown btw 1st and 2nd. PU stays home because of R3. If the defense throws to 3rd to make a play on R3 either before R1 is tagged out or right after R1 is tagged out, this would also be the BU's call, correct?
3) R1, single, PU rotates to third, overthrow on the play at 3rd and the ball is getting close to the out of play chalk (or imaginary) line, which is a good distance away from the base, but has a chance of staying in play. The PU has to rotate back down to home for the play there, but does he also have the call on the ball rolling out of play? What's the best technique to accurately judge this when you're trying to bust your ace back to home? You can't necessarily turn and run since you have to watch the ball at the out of play line, but watching the ball will slow you down to get back to home. What do you guys do in this situation?
Thanks
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1. Not in a standard rotation. If the PU f(ouls) up or is injured, BU must cover for him.
2. It depends. The PU moves halfway toward third in foul ground when R1 is caught. If there is a play at third before the PU moves into position to take control of R3 in a rundown, that is the BU's call, either before or after R1 is out. Once the PU has moved into position to take control, R3 is all his at both third and home if R1 is not out; if R1 is out, R3 is the PU's responsibility until BU gets to third to help; then (unlike between 1st and 2nd, or 2nd and 3rd) they split the basepath 50/50.
3. Rcichon, re-read this situation; I think you're treating it as if it started bases empty. With R1 advancing to 3rd, the B/R is the BU's responsibility. In this situation as PU, I bust toward home while watching the ball. As it gets near the dead-ball area, I STOP and look as best I can. If it goes into DBT, no problem. If not, make sure defense controls the ball (they might pick it up, then drop it into DBT, altering the base awards) and read the throw while continuing to move toward home. If the throw goes home, at that point I stop my advance there and instead move toward the top of the circle. This gets me a pretty good angle. When the throw passes you, stop and set.
If the errant throw stays live and the throw goes to 2nd, watch the touch of home by R1 and be ready for any subsequent play at the plate if more wild throws occur. B/R is now all BU's at 1st, 2nd and 3rd.