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I just have a question on a unsual play, that WAS called correctly. A low hard liner was hit to 2b. The ball took very short hop, and was fielded by 2B(the ball was not caught. R2 thought that the ball was caught and slide back to second. R1 was on his way to second. I could see the ball was caught, but R2 could not. Umpire was in correct postion to make the call. Raising his fist called the runner out. Only I couldn't tell who he was calling out. I had thought he called R2 out from the tag. I didn't see that 2b had stepped on the bag. The R! was actually called out on the force. R2 thought he had been called out too. walked off the bag and was tagged out. Double play.
Are umpires taught to distiguish who he is calling out in a situation like this, or are we supposed to know?
My lesson to R2 was; (when in doubt , STAY ON THE BAG!)
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