If you notice it after the swap occurs (as you should) and before the pitch, do you eject the runners and manager under 9.01 (d)
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9.01 (d)Each umpire has authority to disqualify any player, coach, manager or substitute for objecting to decisions or for unsportsmanlike conduct...
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or do you call the runners out under
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7.08 Any runner is out when- (h) He passes a preceding runner before such runner is out;...
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and
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7.08 Any runner is out when-(i) After he has acquired legal possession of a base, he runs the bases in reverse order for the purpose of confusing the defense or making a travesty of the game...
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or are there other pertainant rules I need to reference?
Also, are you
ejecting the runners or simply
calling them out, or both?