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Maybe I should have walked him through it........
I trailed a BR up the line with no one on base today and it sure looked to me like F3 missed a swipe tag he'd attempted on the back of the runner as the runner passed him. My partner bangs the runner out, and I turn to head back to the dish. The 3B coach yells to me that I need to give my partner help on the play. The next batter steps into the box, and with his coach still mumbling I get set and F1 delivers the pitch. The coach settles down and waits until the side is retired to approach me and ask why I didn't go out and give my partner help on the play. He knew enough to tell me that as the PU I'll watch for both pulled foot or a swipe tag on the play, but he didn't know enough to go to my partner and ask him to come to me for help. I'm still not sure, even after trying to explain it to him, that he understands what the proper protocol is..............
Tim.
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