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Originally Posted by Andy
I would think that on a fly ball that shallow, with F8 charging in with the possibility of a shoestring catch, you would want an umpire chasing to get a good angle on that.
I don't work a lot of 3 umpire in the NCAA system, but I do know that the philosophy is to chase on "trouble" balls...and this meets that criteria from the initial description.
If I was U3 in this situation, I would expect my U1 partner to be chasing and I would have any calls at first or second.
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That's because it only takes someone as big as you three steps to get into position 
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