2 man fly ball mechanic question

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by bobbybanaduck

ok, ball is thrown to 2B, but gets by and rolls about 20 feet away. b/r gets up after sliding into 2B and heads for 3B. SS collects the ball and fires to 3B where you know have a whacker. you're now in position to make this call from the area of 2B. good luck. to address your inevitable counter of, "the PU will take the call at 3B," i reiterate, that is patchwork umpiring. if you have him make that call, you should just hand him your paycheck for doing your job for you.

Agreed. I learned to handle this the same way you have, from the same instructor.

Later when teaching this in my association mechanics classes I ran into the same resistance you are. Funny thing, once they began working it correctly, they found it was the better way to go.