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Originally Posted by nopachunts
Batter hits a fly about halfway between 3B and the foul pole right on the line. U3 is backing perpendicular to the foul line away from 3B.
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On a ball hit that far down the foul line, there's absolutely no reason for U3 to do what he did. It's not as if the ball was a bloop pop up right on top of him, and he had to bail to avoid F5, F6 and F7 converging. He should have simply turned around and taken responsibility for the Fair/Foul and Catch/No Catch calls. And if he were to give up that responsibility to the PU, then he should have come inside to watch R1 touch third, and take all calls at third base.
From your description, he did neither, and left the other umpires at two-man, forcing the PU to watch for the Fair/Foul and Catch/No Catch, and to take responsibility for R1 going into third and home.