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Originally posted by bob jenkins
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Originally posted by Justme
Bob:
I agree that the "accidental appeal" should be removed or changed but it hasn't been so we are obligated to call our games per the book.
I read further in the case book, as you suggested, but could not find where it disallowed the "accidental appeal." Could you please give me the situation number?
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Sorry, but my books are away for the winter. Try 3 or four pages later, on the right hand side of the page. I might get ambitious enough to pull them out.
Also, I think there's a difference between calling a rule that we don't like (we should do so) and enforcing a case play that's in clear contradiction to the rule book (we should use the rule book). I recognize that sometimes the distinction isn't clear, but I think it is clear in this instance.
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I guess that I am just getting old.... I can't seem to find the requirement for a verbal appeal on a live-ball. I must be missing something since most of you say that it is required.
When I look at the rule book under Appeal Procedures and Guidelines (page 48 of the FED rule book) it doesn't mention a verbal appeal being required and that seems to agree with the case book (8.2.3).
What am I missing? I'd like to understand this because I have called runners out who have missed 1B (and not tried to go to 2B) when F3 has tagged the runner or just stepped on 1B with the ball in his possession.