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Originally Posted by rah718
All points are well taken. As a veteran of over 25 yrs of umpiring I have seen many different scenarios. I just believe that the mechanic is wrong.
I would think it would be more advantageous for the PU to take fair/foul, the catch and the runner at first which are all in line with each other rather than use your peripheral.
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No argument. But do you have a solution for the runner at 3B? Now, BU is going to have two runners in opposite ranges of vision. Does BU watch it from inside or outside? Who has the call at 1B if there is a throwback there?
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