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Originally posted by Dakota
This much is clear: if the umpire had not called BALL GAME the appeals would be valid, and done properly, could have nullified the run and forced the game into extra innings.
The debate was whether the umpires call placed the runners in jeopardy, and if so whether therefore this should be rectified.
Answer: (IMO) umpires judgment. If in his judgment, he placed the runners in jeopardy, disallow the appeals, game over. If in his judgment, these players were not confused by the call (i.e. they decided on their own to quit running and start celebrating) then allow the appeals, batter up!
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Dakota,
My only problem with this is:
A. The term "ball game" has no official standing.
B. How can runners who are entitled to advance without liability to be put out be placed into jeopardy. For that matter, because this was a dead ball situation, they could have all returned and touched their respective bases before any appeal could be honored.
Now, if any of them crossed paths, they could be ruled out for "passing" another active runner or, if they left playable territory, they could be declared out. However, all it would take would one runner to legally return and touch the base to allow the game to end and the appeal would not be effective.