1-Umpire mechanics question

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The important thing here is to have awareness of the situation and know you might have a time play to rule on. I haven't worked 1-man in a long time and I haven't looked at a manual on it, but my instinct tells me to get to where you need to be to get an angle on a call on the bases, but if you have a time play possibility, you need to be making a call and taking a look back at the plate to give yourself a chance to get this call right. IMO, the benefit of the doubt goes to the offense and you have to KNOW that the runner didn't cross the plate before the 3rd out.