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Old Sat Feb 13, 2010, 10:46pm
Paul L Paul L is offline
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I vote a "no call" does not contradict that part of the Umpire Manual.

"If the appeal is directed to the wrong umpire . . ." presumes a properly-executed appeal, just directed to the wrong umpire. Otherwise, a team could convert an improperly-executed attempted appeal to a de facto proper appeal merely by directing it to the wrong umpire. My mama always told me two wrongs don't make a right.

BTW, I consider the umpire manual to contain guidelines, not rules. If a proper appeal is directed to the wrong umpire who fails to refer it to the proper umpire, I don't think that could be the subject of a sustainable protest. Am I wrong? On the baseball board, the Fed ump manual is frequently denigrated, with recommendations that you don't confuse yourself by ever reading it, just go by the CCA red book.
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