I think you all are being a little too hard on Whiskers...his OP really sounds like a HTBT situation. He made many statements and later clarifications that allow me to give the benefit of the doubt...granted unusual, but isn't that why we all sit here and post?
Here's what I'm focusing on...while keeping in mind that there's a lot of action going on with 2 runners and nobody out...
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Originally Posted by whiskers_ump
-CF fires the ball to 3B, who happens to be standing on the bag, with R2 advancing from 2B
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**I read this that F5 did not know that R1 left early. Usually, there's a lot of 'they left early' yelling going on that helps indicate there's an appeal (not stated, personal experience).
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Originally Posted by whiskers_ump
-No obvious appeal at 3rd, and I as PU, made no call.
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**This is the HTBT situation...judgement call
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Originally Posted by whiskers_ump
-What made me believe F5 had no clue is, she immediately after catching the
[granted, she was on the base on inital contact of ball] ball begin chasing R2
toward 2B.
-CF's throw, IMO, was to get the advancing runner from 2nd. At the time
I did not know whether R2 left early or not, because my tag up was on R1.
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**Again, judgement. Noted in this clarification, F5 began chasing the runner...it was not a catch and throw to F4. Also noted, Whiskers didn't know that R2 left early.
Perhaps the Red Herring in all this is the statement 'Everyone in the park was aware of it'. As the clarification statements came out, Whiskers didn't know R2 left early and it sounds like F5 perhaps didn't know R1 left early. We can't see the body language that Whiskers saw at the time...from his posts, though, he did not see what could be construed as an appeal.
So yes, normally this would be a textbook play...but then again if that were the case, we wouldn't be discussing it right now.