ASA 2-Person Slow Pitch Mechanics Question

[UmpireErnie]

The logic is to keep an umpire ahead of the runner. On a cleanly hit triple you can be at 3B to make a safe/out call while you still have a partner ahead of you at the next base in the event of a subsequent play there.

If you release the lone runner after 2B and there is an overthrow at 3B and the runner goes home, the PU will end up chasing the runner back to the plate.

[HawkeyeCubP]

Originally Posted by UmpireErnie

The logic is to keep an umpire ahead of the runner. On a cleanly hit triple you can be at 3B to make a safe/out call while you still have a partner ahead of you at the next base in the event of a subsequent play there.

If you release the lone runner after 2B and there is an overthrow at 3B and the runner goes home, the PU will end up chasing the runner back to the plate.

Thank you for your repsonse.

I completely understand the logic of taking a BR into 3rd as BU - and I like it.

But to the second point, that is no different than the mechanic for the PU covering the subsequent play at the plate following an overthrow to 3rd with a runner starting on 1st, or runners starting on 1st and 2nd. PU goes down through the holding area, comes inside to make the call, and if the ball gets away, PU moves back toward home plate (most likely in fair territory) to make the call there.

I guess my point/question is, the BU never has a lead runner into 3rd, so why, when there is a lone runner on 2nd tagging, should they have it then, when they don't in any other instance?