Watching runners away from the ball.

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Originally Posted by GarthB

I will disagree slightly. In those few camps I've attended that spent time on three and four man instruct that just as in two man, nothing happens without the ball. You need to be aware of the ball, whatever position you are working.

True, U2 has responsibility for the runner back into second, but he won't know if a play is coming without being aware of the status of the ball. He needs to be watching both his runner and the ball.

Open up the view by dropping back into the 3B side of the working area AWAY from 2B. Easy to see int/obs & any play back to 2B. (This is why it's easier in 3 man, as U3 would normally be in C to start with).

Working a fair amount of 3/4 umpire games on the big field helps. It IS difficult to get the small things right when we do 2 man 99.955 of the time. This is one of the few times where it's easier on the 60' field ...