Why they hire 2 (or more) umpires

[Rich]

PLAY:

My first game yesterday:

Umpire in C position, 2 outs. (In other words, I know we had runners, but I forget how they were positioned.)

B1 hits a foul popup in the direction of the first base dugout, near the fence. The PU drifts over with the catcher while I witness a violent, unintentional collision between the BR and F1 who had come off the mound to go after the pop-up (even though there was no way he was going to be able to catch it). F1, having taken the worst of the collision, gets up and throws his glove at the BR. F2 catches the popup near the fence.

That's it. Rule on it for OBR and FED.