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Old Wed Aug 14, 2013, 05:11am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by bigsig View Post
Did you see the bad call at 3b? How can you be that far out of position when in a 6 man?
He was way out of position. It's not the first time I've seen a LLWS umpire at third base get caught directly in line with the runner, being screened by F5.

I believe LL teaches U1 and U3 to drift down the line in foul territory when the ball is batted into the outfield, and then move toward the line for a play at their bases. It looks like this guy just didn't drift far enough.
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