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Originally Posted by johnnyg08
Unless you're doing professional baseball where you can have legal collisions at the plate, you will see most amateur umpires who know what they're doing take plays at the plate from third base line extended.
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Umpire Clinics encourage Point of plate on throw from left field and 3BLX on throw from right field, because of the swipe tag.
When I began, I took everything from 1BLX but there were times when the catcher's body, runner's legs and dust cloud would make it hard to see a dropped ball after the tag. When the ball is thrown in and where the catcher sets allows you the opportunity to decide on one of the 3 choices.