Umpiring LL, I blew this call in 1961. Kid got a long hit, ran to 1B and then directly to 3B (out of sheer incompetence, not any kind of nefarious scheme). I knew about appeals but assumed that running directly across the mound to 3B had to be prohibited by some rule.
But I was 12 years old then. Haven't missed one since.
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greymule
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