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Originally Posted by NCASAUmp
There's no "hard and fast" rule regarding the timing of a reversed call. However, if the act of an umpire causes confusion among the runners and places them in jeopardy, you may invoke 10-3-C (the rule I mentioned earlier).
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The way you worded this is too general (yes, I know the thread is talking about a reversed call, but just to clarify...).
The rule specifically deals with reversal of a call or a delayed call, not any act in general that confuses the players or places a team in jeopardy. For example, if an umpire rules a ball as fair, points properly, but verbalizes FAIR BALL and runners react as if he said FOUL BALL while the defense plays the ball as fair and gets easy outs... 10-3-C offers no help to the poor umpire (or to the offense). He did not delay the call, and he did not reverse the call. He just confused the offense. Too bad, so sad.