Between 3B & Home

[DownTownTonyBrown]

Originally posted by dddunn3d
Had this yesterday evening:

...Finally, my question: Whose call is this to make?

...His reasoning was that he was taking BR on any play at 2B or 3B, and my reasoning was that R1 had retreated back and was tagged only about 20-25 feet from 3B.

I don't know about your partner but I think this is kind of a cop-out answer. The ball is required to make a play and it appears that he was obviously watching the ball and the ensuing run-down play. He was likely not watching anything to do with the other runner.

I would say it probably looks a lot better if the call is made by the umpire closest to the play or the umpire to whom the play is getting closer. I'm looking in the Umpires manual to see if I can find better guidance.