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ASA Three-Man Question
Sitch: Bases loaded, less than two outs. Fly ball to medium right-center field. U1 goes out for the catch/no-catch. U3 goes to the area behind the circle to watch the tag-ups of R2 and R3. PU goes to the holding zone near the third-base line and watches R1's tag-up.
R1 tags and attempts to score. F8's throw comes toward home, so U1 starts to shade back to the plate for the play. The ball is just short of home, so F2 steps up, catches the throw, and makes an immediate throw to third to play on R2, who tagged and is advancing. R3 also tags and is heading to second.
By the Manual, if I understand it correctly, the play at third belongs to the PU. But he positioned himself for the play at the plate. Should U3 take the play at third? And should the PU inform U3, "I'm going home!" or something similar to let U3 know he/she should take the play at third?
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