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Originally posted by tucktheump
Bob, I can't take it...more than half of the time, the PU has no other responsibilities than to watch the run score. How can you say you seldom watch a run score. Most of the time, the PU would "gain no advantage" by NOT watching the touch of home.
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No other responsibilities in a two-umpire system?
Depending ont he specific play, PU needs to watch other runners touch third, help with a pulled foot or swipe-tag at first (association dependent), get to third on a first-to-third run by R1 (and no R2), help BU with obstruction or coaches interference, watch the out-of-play lines, ...
In HS and bove games -- how many runners have you seen miss home (other than on a slide away from a tag)? How many runners have you seen miss other bases?
I know where I'm going to look.