2-man crew correct procedure.

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by lawump

I agree with everything you have posted. I will also add that for any of this to work, one must actually start in the "C". I find too many inexperienced umpires that seem to stand anywhere but in the correct "C" position (or "B" for that matter). They start too deep or too far to one side or the other. I suspect that if the original poster was obstructed by the third baseman as the tag attempt was being made, he was starting too deep. Just a guess.

Absolutely! You have no idea how many evaluations I did this HS season where our younger (time on the board) umpires are standing almost on the dirt in B & C. When I meet with them after the game to discuss their evaluations, I make it a point of showing them where they were standing as opposed to where they should be!