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Originally Posted by wadeintothem
In my post, I only advocated a step or two towards the line. As far as going in, I would not generally agree. I would agree with you and Steve, you need to be reading this play. So many things can come into play; you dont want to obstruct the runner, you dont want to get hit by the ball,
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You need to put down the cane and take off those dark glasses. Tell me just how an umpire could even get in the way of a runner or hit with a thrown ball executing the mechanic suggested.
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you need to be able to react if a play goes to two, you need to be stationary at the proper time, and you need to see that tag.
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Glad to see you finally got the gist of the purpose of the original post.