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Originally Posted by ozzy6900
I hear you, Pete! And I understand you would use the "replay" to not allow the appeal. I also am glad that we heard from Rich Ives in that he felt that he would in fact state that he was going to appeal anyway.
So here is where we stand: - You would deny the appeal and the game would go to protest by the defense.
- I would allow the appeal and allow the game to go to protest by the offense.
So how about we do this? You still have contacts up in MLB. Fire off the OP with our two rulings and protests. I really would like to see what the "Big Guys" would do with this. I'll try to do the same at the clinic I am assisting in this weekend if the weather holds. Let's see what we come up with. |
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Ozzy FWIW
This was a FED game so under the OLD FED appeal rule this would have been a non issue. One of the reasons I personally liked the OLD FED rule was for situations such as this.
Under the old FED appeal rule when playing action was over as in the OP the BU would have simply declared the runner out.
All the shenanigans that followed , AD stopping the game, Police escort etc. most likely would not have happened.
There still might have been some EJ's but not the "hoopla" that followed.
Pete Booth