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Originally Posted by parrothead
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* where with bases loaded, what appeared to be ball 4 - catcher then tagged runner jogging home and then asked for appeal at 1B - umpire at 1B called the strike and they awarded the out. With rationale that they never said "ball 4 take your base" but it was ball 4 because home plate ump called it a ball.
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Umpires don't say that, or at least should not. Just "ball".
Changing the call does relate to umpire jeopardy, R1 back to 3rd, batter out if strike 3.