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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

As the umpire, if you are the only "authority" on site, you should simply document the protest. Ask for an ID and write down the name & birthdate, or any other info which may be pertinent to the league in the scorebook of the protesting team and move on with the game. When you get home, simply inform your contact with the league that there was an eligibility issue in your game and who has the information and then forget about it. This is assuming you don't receive other direction from the league.

If there is an "officer" of the league there, bring it to their attention and move on with the game once that individual gathers the information necessary.

Bingo. Get the information you can, make the complainers happy enough to play, and play the game. The game can always be declared a forfeit by the league administration later. For God's sake, it's just church-league slowpitch. Situations like these that "don't matter to the umpire" are the only time I can justify doing whatever is necessary to placate the complaining coach. The last thing you want to have happen is a forfeit by the complainers if they are so obstinate they won't play until you "fix" it (which seems to be the default move for teams like this)...I don't think a game that was forfeited and never played can be reversed.