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KJUmp wrote: "...Wouldn't this normally be the BU's call?..."
As has been said, it's either umpire's call; but I learned early in my career (short compared to many) that as a base umpire, leave this call generally to the PU unless it's really blatant.
I remember my first time as a BU in the B position in this situation; I fixated on R1's slide into second and by the time I turned my head to observe the throw to 1st, the ball was already in the 1st baseman's glove and the BR was already past the bag. I didn't know what the call should be; I was up the creek AND without the paddle!!! However, I was working with an alert/experienced PU whom I went to and he easily bailed me out of this embarrasing situation.
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