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Apparently the quote attributed to Konyar is either misunderstood or some judgement was passed on the umpire asking the question.
The directive as was given to the group at the Eastern Region clinic this weekend was that the umpire is to decide the validity of the protest.
Anything that goes directly from the field to the books to the protest committee must have been done by umpires who know nothing.
Accept the protest if it is indeed valid, decline it if it's not, it's not a difficult issue, some people just don't understand the rules so they take shortcuts.
It must be incredibly embarassing for the umpire who allows a protest because a senior league bat was used in a little league game, the batter hit a home run and won the game. Then the umpire wipes the runs for illegal equipment. I highly doubt Konyar would let that stand because it's obviously not the right ruling and should have been fixed on the field or at least with a call to the UIC, DUIC or DA.
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