[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

I will tell you up front that my son's coach did not protest the game because we were getting killed as it was, but:

The game was a Toledo P&R boys' 12U game (this league was a USSSA sanctioned league and therefore was using OBR).

We were in the field during the middle innings of a six inning game when our opponent's best batter hit a rope down the right field line. While the batter was between 2nd and 3rd base, the throw from our 2nd baseman went over the 3rd baseman's head into dead ball territory. The umpire correctly awarded the B/R 3rd and Home. But here is where it got good. The B/R never touched 3rd or Home, he just went straight from being between 2nd and 3rd into the dugout. We appealed the B/R at 3rd and our appeal was denied. We the appealed the B/R at Home and our appeal was agains denied. We then asked why our appeals were denied and we were toled that the B/R did not have to touch any of the awarded bases because they were just that, awarded bases.

MTD, Sr.