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Originally Posted by Stevetheump
Irish - How can that be "over officious?" I delayed calling "time" for TWO reasons:
1. To give the runner the OPPORTUNITY to retouch 1st
2. To give the defense an OPPORTUNITY to make a live ball appeal.
Had I called "time" immediately, by rule, he cannot retouch. Once I saw he was NOT going to retouch and that and that the defense was NOT going to make an appeal, THEN I called "time."
And, the proper mechanic is to call "time" THEN they state the appeal.
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Because you emphasized "DELAYED", I'm assuming you waited longer than you normally would have had you not anticipated an appeal.
When all immediate play is complete, the umpire should call time (10.4.I). You seem to have changed your mechanic to accommodate an anticipated appeal. The statement that "he cannot touch" just isn't true. Runners are NOT locked to a position just because you call time. For that matter, you must give them the opportunity to complete all running responsibilities and if that is to return and retouch the base left too soon, so be it (RS 1.C)
There is nothing the umpire can do that would prevent a runner from retouching or the defense from making an appeal.
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In REGULAR SP, yes, the ball is "dead" once a pitch hits the ground.
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No, that would be only with SP without stealing.
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Which is why a batter CANNOT hit a pitched ball once the ball hits the ground.
Got that, Sparky?
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No, a batter cannot bat a pitched ball in SP once it hits ANYTHING other than the bat because the rule says he cannot.