Tag, no tag, throw to first

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally posted by Dakota

To answer your question, the runner would have been out with the tag.

However, I do not like the BU's call mechanic.

Following the same reasoning that we don't verbalize FAIR, you should not verbalize "NO TAG"; merely SAFE is sufficient. The problem with "NO TAG" is it is too easy for the runner to hear "noTAG".

Use the word TAG only when there WAS a tag. Not when there wasn't.

Actually, the runner isn't SAFE until they reach the base, so you really don't have anything.

I'm sure the umpire was doing what they thought best. I believe a better mechanic may have been, "Out! (after the play at 1B), safe at second!" If the runner was not touched, there would be no reason for them not to proceed and stay at 2B, so there is no real urgency in that call.