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Catcher has plenty of time after the R1 reaches 2B to check on the umpire or call time out to talk to the pitcher about the "cross-up." It looks like when the catcher does nothing but goes back into his crouch the umpire calls time and walks off. For the catcher's own safety, if he had to bail that early to block a pitch because he was crossed up, he'd want to talk to the pitcher. No doubt intentional.
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