Has anyone seen the following situation and if so what was your opinion.
Runners on 2nd and third, 0 or 1 outs. 2 umpires. The offensive team is succesful in its attempt to lay down a sacrafice bunt. The sac bunt is a great bunt and forces the defense to go to 1st with the play.
The home plate ump watches the play at the plate and the field ump watches the play at 1st. The runner on 2nd cuts into the grass, after going past the pitching mound and heads home. The runner does not touch third.
Because the ball went to 1st that runner is able to make it home and if the umps are in the correct position they are not able to see it. The offensive team is able to score 2 runs.
My college team ran it and I thought it was pretty cool, but then I had it run against me as a coach and I felt cheated. As a coach, I can teach you to find the ball before you try to advance so that we dont get caught by a trick play. But this type of play was undefensible.What do you think??
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