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Originally Posted by umpjim
Top 7 WS, ball down the line, Moyers does a great shovel from the glove to 1B who barehands it. Baserunner is too quick and is called safe on the play. Replay to me shows runner was out and ump was moving when he called it. I don't know what angle would have helped but I would have been busting to 90 to the throw and I would try to be stopped on the call. I suspect even with me busting (not that fast) I would still not have the angle and the throw going to the hand instead of the glove would have made it a guess.
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Rich is right, especially at this level with a really fast runner. The play happens much faster at this level to start with, and with a speedy runner, it just makes it impossible to get to 90 degrees and still get set. That's why the umpire missed the call. He couldn't get set and see it right. Two steps fair gives you a really good look at the foot and the glove at the same time, and gives you a set, solid look at the play.