I have only done girls fast pitch softball and at only at the travel level.
To the question of a protest:
If I were UIC at a tourney and was presented with the proposed protest, I would ask the Ump if it were in the zone. Assuming an honest answer, I would uphold the protest based on misapplication of the rule.
If the Ump lied or waivered or whatever and said "in my judgement it was a ball" i'd have to over rule the protest.
All that said, this is one on the most egregious Ump errors I have seen at the ML level.
How in the world didn't this discussion take place on the field?
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