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I think I am going to do what at least one of you listed. I am going inside to lineup 2B and the possible catch in LF, but I am also going to go a little deeper to open an angle with 1B and I will use the old saying "keep your head on a swivel" and be looking back and forth between 1B and LF (2B and R2 will always be in my view while doing this).
As many of you have said the tag up at 2B is #1 priority, but when will that happen or not happen? When the ball is caught or not caught right? So does it do us any good to stand there with our right eye on 2B and our left eye on LF when the ball is 10' in the air 15-20' away from the leftfielder? Why can't we get inside and glance at LF see there is time then look at 1B, look back at LF then if there is still time look back at 1B? Agreed there will be a point when you have to focus on LF (with 2B still in sight) and will miss things behind you at 1B, and that is when you use the comments listed above 'sorry coach but with 2 umpires that is all I could cover I tried to keep an eye on 1B but had to be focused on LF to see the timing for R2 to tag up and that must have been when the OBS happened, I can't call what I didn't see'. But by going a little deeper inside it makes you able to see more which then takes less of a head movement to see 1B then back to LF, doing that along with reading the play and recognizing you have time to look at 1B then back to see the play in LF will help reduce the amount of 'stuff' you miss at 1B.
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