Another FED 2 Man Mechanics

[pastordoug]

Since everyone was so helpful on the last post about mechanics I have a few more..... This is what the State Manual says:

Runner on 1st....Ground ball rolling up the third base line, the PU comes out from behind the plate to make fair/foul call... HERE IS WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND?

"If PU point’s the ball fair and the ball is then thrown to first base, he will then continue up the third base line towards third base and assume responsibility of the runner coming from first to third".

Can anyone give me a reason for this? Again, being the new kid in town I don’t want to stir up anything but just want to know why these mechanics are done this way and cannot get a straight answer except “that’s the way we do it down here”… So my approach is trying to put together reasonable reasons to look at making changes that would be better for putting us in the best position to make calls.