According to the conversation coach had with BU, 1Bman clearly kept his foot on the bag, he just felt the PU had a better angle. Just never seen it before.
Regarding the tag play at 3B, from my vantage point in the stands on 3B side, it looked like it was all one motion and ball came out as a result of the tag. Forgot to mention that player had his back to the P.
I heard Bobby Valentine once say: "Watching a baseball game, you will always see something that you haven't seen before"...lol
Thanks for your insight on both situations.