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Originally posted by Dakota
Side question: can the appeal still be honored even after the absent batter has been declared out? I'd say so since no pitch was thrown.
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This whole topic has been an interesting discussion on a situation that should very rarely come up. I would disagree here, Tom. If the out is for a missing batter in the lineup, no pitch would
ever be thrown!
If this scenario presented itself, I would wait for the play to finish, pause for a moment to see if the defense was going to appeal, then declare the missing batter out. Once the missing batter is declared out, I would not honor the appeal.