I was thinking of the same MLB play Pete mentions when thinking about when a correction could be made. But that play was score a run or not, no further action in the half inning depended on that correction. In the Op at hand it is easy to fix with minimal impact but what if the offensive team would go on to score 7-8 runs after the 3rd out should have been registered? Would we wipe out all the runs and call the inning over? That would fix the error but be unpopular with one of the teams. Would we really remember the count when the batter bunted foul 9-10 batters ago. I certainly would not.
Absent a specific rule otherwise I tend to think this is similar to BOO situation if I have to apply a 9.01C type ruling.
I also find it hard to believe that PU, BU and defensive coach let this pass when it happened. This brings up another question that was discussed on another post. If you were BU and you knew the batter bunted foul on 2nd strike and PU did not call him out are you going to let him know what you think has happened before the next pitch. Some would consider this throwing him under the bus.
Last edited by DG; Wed Apr 29, 2009 at 10:44pm.
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