Ahhh, HHH! Nice to see you back, Pete.
I've read a lot of interesting resolutions to your "nightmare" but in reality, there are only two things that need to be done in a case like this.
- The umpires immediatly call TIME and eject the PA announcer. This is covered in all three rule sets and needs to be done immediatly.
- If the defense attempts to appeal the missed base, this must be honered.
Now hold on all of you.....! Would you deny an appeal if a parent hollered about the missed base and the defense listened? Of course not! You will have a problem with the offensive coach but you will have to deal with that. It is a valid appeal so you must act on it. Of course, you might get a balk out it because you killed the ball to eject the PA announcer so that may be a plus.