2 Man Responsibilities/Mechanics

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by rah718

All points are well taken. As a veteran of over 25 yrs of umpiring I have seen many different scenarios. I just believe that the mechanic is wrong.

I would think it would be more advantageous for the PU to take fair/foul, the catch and the runner at first which are all in line with each other rather than use your peripheral.

I can see your point of thinking there is an advantage to having the PU do that. However, see Mike's points about handling the runner at 3B. When you consider that runner, you have a problem with your proposed mechanic.