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Bob is absolutely right. The BU needs to earn his money. The partners I work with know that as the plate umpire, there are only three occasions when I will be at 3rd base:
1) Runner going to 3rd base and throw from the outfield is also going to 3rd base on 1st and 3rd situation.
2) R1/R2, and R2 tags up and advances on a fly out to the outfield.
3) A rundown occurs between 2nd and 3rd, and I can get there before it's all over.
My biggest pet peeve as a base umpire is a PU that insists on creeping up the 3rd base line, like they want to help out or something, like on naked triples. Chugging into 3rd and looking over and seeing the PU standing by the cutout just really gets me mad.
Second play in the infield? That's why they call it the BU position.
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Matthew 15:14, 1 Corinthians 1:23-25
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