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			What is the proper procedure on appeal.  Since the ball cleared the fence, we have a dead ball.  How would the defense appeal the batter-runner missing first base?  We had this occur in a Babe Ruth League tournament game, and the defense verbally appealed, just as a team would in a NFHS game.  The umpires did not acknowledge the appeal.  When the umpire put the ball back in play, the defense made a proper appeal, and the batter-runner was called out.  What if the home run was a "walk off" homer.  Would the defense have to request the umpire to give them a ball to make an appeal?
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