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I picked up a pretty interesting video clip of a suicide squeeze run by a JC team out of Montana. With a runner on second and third, they execute a suicide squeeze bunt. Both runners score. Pay attention to R2. He intentionally diverts his base path to miss third base, thereby cutting the distance he has to run to home plate. I was informed they have run this against 6 different teams successfully every time without any team catching on. This is a 2 man umpire system used in the video. Since the plate umpire has to rule fair/foul on the bunt, he will not have touches at third and this would leave the base umpire to get touches, correct? Please discuss how you would handle this situation. If anyone has also had this play before, please chime in. Also, as a point of discussion, is there any reason this would not be an appeal play, i.e. could this be considered abandonment of running the bases as it is obviously designed to clearly and intentionally alter the base path to gain an advantage? (I have my opinion(s) on how I would rule on this, but would like to hear from my fellow umpires.) IMG_0305.mov
