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So it sounds like everybody is in agreement - implied time out. It's easy to say this with the keyboard, but I don't believe you do it in the real world.
We have a runner standing halv way to 3B; F2 is holding the ball and asking you to "appeal." But you are doing nothing, because you can not call time, implied or real, until the play is finished. Suddenly there is silence; nobody is moving; its like suspended in time in some old movie.
But in the real world this happens fast. Catcher asks; Blue points; partner responds. I've never seen un umpire stop and look around, and refuse to ask until the runner went back to the base.
Even though this normally happens quickly, there is a pause while everyone is waiting for the final answer. So I am curious of what you would do if the runner, who is legally off the base, caught the defense by suprise by running to 3B.
Now what?
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