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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Apparently Jury Duty also has you overthinking. The statement above IS correct for the Base Umpire as you have cited above.
If there is a play at home, the BU has a subsequent play at 3B, or any other base. If you read E under the PU directly above where you are reading this, you will see the exception noted for when the PU is not responsible for 3B plays in SP. Subparagraph 3 directly addresses your concern.
You are correct, BU has trailing runner. If there is a play at the plate, the runner going into 3B IS a trailing runner.
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This may seem silly, but no one ever clarified what a "trailing runner" was. Every umpire I've ever met has always interpreted it as, "the runner farthest from HP," which sounds correct. Think of it as "the caboose." However, doing a search on "trailing" in the rules PDF has me straightened out.
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