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When I came out I didn't head towards the mound. I headed toward F6 direction but I just ended up having a bad angle to it I think. I didn't have time to get the mound area. It was a shot and not a high fly ball with a lot of air time. When all was said and done. I was making the B-Rd call about mid way down the 3rd base line and probably 10-15 feet into fair terriotory. I just think I was in a bad position there to make a decesion. And I agree with the BU having eyes on the ball also, but not going out, it wasn't a RF to the line call.
When I work as a BU I always watch the ball and then catch a tag of the base, even though it's not my call, it just helps. My partner ran to the middle as fast as he could and then turned and stopped and faced first base waiting for the tag. My technique is that I move into the working position while watching the play and the runner, my "watch of the tag" at first is a look over my left shoulder/slight torso turn to the bag and then depending on the play a continuation onto second.
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