Straddling the foul line

[Mrumpiresir]

Originally Posted by David Emerling

In my opinion, the necessity to get a good view of a batter's check swing is very low on the totem pole. Regardless of your view, just call what you see and if you didn't get a good look, just extend your arms and say, "No!". Simple!

There are other things to consider. I want to see the batter when he hits the ball. I want to know where the ball is going. I have never had a problem standing in Fair territory.

Last year I had a sharply hit ball to F5. R3 was dead meat and F5 immediately put a tag on him. I pointed fair and then signaled the out as F5 completed the throw to F3 for the DP. I thought it looked sharp (on my part) because I was exactly where I needed to be.

I agree I could have seen this from foul territory but I don't want to miss the first 30 or 40 feet the ball travels because I am blocked by R3.