2 umpire mechanics, going out on a fly ball

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by argodad

I like the "extra set of eyes" approach. I had a young partner on a DIII game a few years ago. With no outs and R1 on 1B, he chased a ball to right-center. F9 dove and missed. F8 chased the ball down near the fence. When the throw from the outfield hit F3's glove (in position as the cutoff near the circle) I had R1 15' from home and BR 20' from 3B. Fortunately for me, the throw went to 3B and BR was out by 5 feet.

And that's exactly the kind of play where not chasing, but watching the fly can help.
Although, like Mike said, sometimes messing with your partner is fun