Asking partner for help...

[bobbybanaduck]

Originally Posted by Fritz

I respectfully beg to differ. Seeing my partner move closer to 1B for the play, and me already being down the line and watching R2 tag up, I think the better positioning would be to stay where I was in case R2 takes off on the dropped throw or chaos at 1B. If I leave at that point, I move back home for a play that is a long way from happening (R2 going to 3B and then home), or a view of the play at 1B while on the run - and leave my partner to suddenly swivel for a play all the way across the diamond.

IMHO, staying put is the smarter move until you see what happens next.

long from happening or not, it is your next responsibility. your partner having to swivel is his JOB. he should be in the working area for that play at first, so it's not difficult to read the play going to third if it develops. he lets the ball turn him, gets a step or two, and has an angle on the play. if you stay there cuz it's "easier" and somehow a play develops at the plate, are you next going to tell me that he is to rotate down and cover it? and who's now got the runner from first going to second if he had called him safe on the pulled foot instead of out? you gonna bust in there and take it since he's going to cover your play at he plate? patchwork umpiring at it's finest.