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Originally posted by rafranck17
The term "accidental appeal" doesn't appear in my rule book.
Under the 2002 Federation rules, a missed base or leaving too soon must be appealed. Unless the player tagging R1 verbally says "he missed second" while making the tag, then you have to treat that as a tag out and not an appeal of the missed base, thus, any runs scored on the play would count. The defensive team could make an appeal (even after the third out) any time before all infielders and the pitcher have left fair territory. At that point, you would call the runner out on appeal and take the runs off the board.
The accidental appeal as others have stated is accepted in FED, concerning Force Plays and this particular aspect of the appeal rule was the same last year as well. The accidental appeal hasn't changed.
Ie; B1 grounds in the hole between short and third. B1 CLEARLY beats the throw but does not touch first. In FED, the BU would signal OUT. In OBR, the BU would signal Safe and the defense would have to appeal in order to get the out.
IMO, the FED had it right under the old rule. We will have to wait and see until this year is over before giving a full evaluation.
Pete Booth
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