Trouble Ball

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by Robert G
No one on trouble ball between F8 & F9. I am BU, do I observe the play from the outfield, or from the B position.

I sometimes get F7 and F9 mixed up, but if you are talking about the Centerfielder and the Right Fielder, then yes you do with no runners or runners in the B position. Now, with no runners on, you have the option as the BU to go out (discuss this in pregame). If you do go out it is your call all the way. If you come in the PU has the all.

Now when you are in the B position or even the C position, if the play is coming inwards and towards the Centerfielder, usually the BU has the V (V meaning any play from the LF and RF towards the CF usually). This too needs to be discussed in pregame. But even if you decide that the PU has these calls, you need to be looking at the ball in several situations for things like tagups and other considerations of baserunners and where they are as it relates to the ball.