1-Umpire mechanics question

[gordon30307]

Originally Posted by RadioBlue

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.

When working by yourself you do the best that you can. In a time play situation you need to position yourself to make the call and quickly locate the runner going home. Priority one make the call on the base and then locate the runner. If he looks like he scored count the run if not don't. If anyone *****es say if you want this called properly get me a partner. I've even gone this far on long distant calls when a Coach complains. Coach you could be right but from 90 feet away he looked out/safe to me. I've found that if you hustle and get out from behind the plate to make calls you have less trouble.