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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
You are right about one thing; someone may need to reread the manual.
Fly ball coverage with no runners on base. PU is to "Trail batter/runner toward first. If first bse umpire goes out, ASSIST IN WATCHING batter/runner touch first base." U1 is to "If third base umpire goes out on fly ball, come inside the diamond, buttonhook, and take runner to third base." U3 is to "If first base umpire goes out on fly ball, come inside the diamond and take the runner to third base."
So, which part says PU has a play at first? If you read that, then, PU must, by your reading, also have the play at first when U3 goes out, over U1, since the exact same terminology is used. Do you agree that U1 has the call at first when U3 goes out, and that PU simply "assists"? Then, by the same wording, U3 has the play at first when U1 goes out, and PU simply assists.
If you can't follow that, then no one can clarify it for you.
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First..sorry about the way the read the book sounded...didn't mean it the way it "came out".
The ASA National Umpire School I went to this year they said PU has the play at 1B. Every ASA National I have done they say PU has play at 1B.
Add to that, page 182-183 of the manual under Leaving the Plate Area and Trailing the Batter-Runner states This will enable you (meaning PU) to either
make or assist the base umpire in administration of
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The base umpire going to the outfield. You are already in position to make any calls on the bases that may develop.
Also, althought I don't know if this is from ASA or not, but on Cactus Umpires (ASA) there is a document
http://www.cactusumpires.com/pdf/3-umpire-handout.pdf it states on page 3 section 3
When an umpire chases, we are working
with two umpires. Usually, but not always,
we revert to the two umpire system.
For instance,
when 1U chases with no one
on, P covers 1st and 3U rotates into 2nd.
When the BR advances to 2nd, P goes back
to the plate and 3U takes the runner to 3rd
if needed.
So that is why I am having confusion on the matter.