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FED Standard Rule 8-2 Penalty (Art 1-5) states in part:
"A live-ball appeal may be made by a defensive player with the ball in his possession by tagging the runner or touching the base that was missed or left too early." It goes on the say.....
"Note: When a play by its very nature is imminent and obvious to the offense, defense and umpire(s), no verbal appeal is necessary, e.g. runner attempting to retouch a base that was missed, or failure to tag up and a throw has been made to that base or plate while a play is in progress."
Also, the appeal procedures and guidelines referenced on page 48 of the Fed standard does not indicate the need for a verbal appeal for a live ball appeal but does for a dead ball appeal.
OBR 7.10
States in part: An appeal should be clearly intended as an appeal, either by a verbal request by the player or an act that unmistakably indicates an appeal to the umpire. A player, inadvertently stepping on the base with a ball in his hand, would not constitute an appeal. Time is not out when an appeal is being made.
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