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Originally Posted by CoachJM
UMP25,
It is an "appeal"; it's just not an appeal of a baserunning infraction.
JM
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No, it's not an "appeal." What you quoted is a misuse of the word "appeal."
There are 4 types of appeals:
1. Batting out of order
2. Batter-runner overrunning first base and not "immediately" returning (an arcane, dusty type of appeal).
3. Batter missing a base or leaving early
4. Batter missing home and not making an attempt to retouch.
Appeals are an assertion by the defense that a member of the offense didn't do something he should have done. Check swings do not fall under this categorization, and to think they do is what causes so much confusion, especially for this thread's author when he referred to a play occurring after said check swing (never mind his not realizing what continuous action is and how that was what occurred in his situation).