Two man crew, fly ball to the outfield, who has the catch and who should be watching the runner to insure he touches the bases as he runs? My assumption would be the filed ump would take the catch, becasue he's closer to the catch ( say the fielder has to dive or it's a shoe string catch. Plus the home plate ump is facing the field and has a better view of the runner. What say ye, old wise ones?
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