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We played a team in a u-trip men's (Hit your own ball) league tonight who used an elite distance ball for the entire game until they finally hit one to me and i looked at the ball and called in the umpire. The umpire then walked over to the other team and requested a classic m like it says in the league bylaws and then continued the game. i asked for the ruling and they said there was none. after a quick run through of the rule book, there was nothing i could find right away that showed the penalty for use of an illegal ball. I know for a fact they used this ball the entire game, as we kept it between innings. What is the ruling?
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Yes, the correct thing is for the ump to approve every ball that is thrown in...... but what do you do when one sneaks in?
I would rule the same as an illegal bat. Batter is out and all runners return.