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Originally Posted by MT 73
He did not misapply a rule--he blew a judgement call.
Big difference.
Are you willing to put up a $500 protest fee to have this decided?
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No need for the snark.
What was his judgment? If a batter is trying to avoid getting hit and accidentally hits a batted ball into fair territory, it is a foul ball? That is a misapplication of a rule.
Or, since the OP says "Of course, this is an oops..." that the PU's judgment was "oops"?
He called foul apparently not because of an error in judgment, but because of an error in opening his mouth.
Any protest would face an uphill climb, but this is not a discussion about "what you you do if you were on the protest committee?", but, what should the umpire do?
I generally agree with the "eat the call" position; I was just pointing out that Andy's situation was different in that there really was an error in judgment in his situation.