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Old Sat Nov 02, 2013, 09:52am
Jake26 Jake26 is offline
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Originally Posted by EsqUmp View Post
Start at the point of the plate. Watch the actions of the catcher and the runner and track the flight of the ball. For on-line "clean" throws to the plate, go 1BL. For anything that causes the catcher to move from the plate or extend an arm to tag the runner, go 3BL.

As a general rule, if a player's body is going to diminish the quality of your view of the play, move so that you can see through the play, rather than into the body.
I understand the general approach to be that described in the first paragraph. The "rule" in the second paragraph is what causes 3BL to be used, but I have never seen (WCWS, for example) umpires "over rotate" like the MLB umpires do, so I thought I would ask. Thanks for all the comments.
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