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Originally Posted by MNBlue
This isn't standard base mechanics for NCAA - at least one person starts on the line every pitch. With runners on 1B and 3B, U3 should be on the line, squared to the plate, 6-10" from 3B. It is permissible to start a step or two off the line in order to be able to see the plate after the pitch.
For checked swings this is the order of who should be gone to for help:
Both umpires on the line, go to the open side: U1 for a RH bater and U3 for a LH batter
One umpire inside the diamond, go to the umpire on the line.
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Saw a similar check in the Florida-'Bama series last week. RHB, checked, PU looked at and started to point to U1 in the B and in one, sweeping motion moved that finger over to U3. Probably only an anal umpire like myself noticed it, but looked strange....as it should. There is no way the umpire on 3B got a better look than the umpire in the B.
Don't understand the reason for the change in mechanics and I know I'm not alone.
