Your chance to wipe out a bad mechanic

[wadeintothem]

you may very well need to adjust significantly if it comes to a swipe tag type situation... but you have to stop and read. You cant move yourself out of position, you may need to simply hold and read it. People sometimes move too much.

[tcannizzo]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

... Isn't our job the runner on this play - PU has the catch - and a good PU knows you need his verbal for timing's sake. I'm not convinced outside is a very good spot to see both anyway - you still need PU's help on that.

What does PU's verbal of a catch have to do with a tag up sitch? The fielder may have made contact with a fly ball that has not yet touched the ground which triggers the timing on the tag up; if the ball is then caught before touching the ground, then the verbal from PU is meaningless, except to rule BR Out.

As BU, isn't it my responsibility to see both the play and the runner to know whether the runner left early or not?