Why Softball Rules Are Smarter

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Originally Posted by socalumps

I think that is part of the quandry....the person responsible was in a better position than any of the replay angles and did see a tag....which is how he deducted an out. In your preferred position there is no way he could have seen for sure as it was a swipe tag coming from the 1b foul side and would have placed the runners body and right leg between the ball/glove and tag.

I don't think so. "My" preferred position would have started and adjusted (but not much on this play) off the back outside corner of the RH box. And that would not have placed the any body part in front of the other as is seen from the shot above and behind the 3B dugout.

But go ahead and think the rest of us are blind and are out of position third base line extended

No, just out of position.

...we (and McClelland/and many other MLB professionals) are wrong...you are right!! You've convinced us!!

And yes, I do believe the MLB professionals are incorrect for the majority of baseball/softball. It may work for their level of ball with a 4-man crew, but not everything with bases and a stick.

The assumption of the position is that the runner is always going to be wide and the catcher will sweep. The mechanic is unreliable for anything coming straight down the line. Only because the "major leaguer" at 1B failed to give the catcher a decent throw did McClelland see any of that play. If the throw was to the glove side and Molina moved to block the plate, that would have put Molina's body between the umpire and the play. It wasn't as if McClelland was reacting to the bad throw as he was moving to his right the moment he saw F3 looking home.

Yeah, on a softball board, I believe you and MLB umpires use a less than favorable mechanic on 3BL extended.