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Originally Posted by socalumps
Mike,
That umpire is USA's Traci Stoelting by the way......
But as far as the positioning...I kinda like it...a pickoff throw puts you at a 90 degree angle to the tag on the hand of the baserunner sliding back in to the leading edge (3b side) of the bag?
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Sometimes; like, only if the 2B takes the pickoff throw. If they put on a pick play with F6 sneaking behind, absent x-ray vision, U3 will only see F6's a$$, and no part of the play (unless U3 sees obstruction; but from behind??).
In the traditional B, we have the option to slide forward on the pick if F6 covers, or parallel if F4 covers. I suppose U3 could slide parallel from that position, but would still be partially blocked, at least.