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Originally Posted by bigsig
This is always difficult and embarrassing. No one likes to admit they made a mistake but that's what this situation calls for in my opinion. I would go to each coach and tell them I made a mistake. Explain what the correct call should have been. That since I killed the play, we are going to bring the batter back and resume the count.
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Sorry, no. You can not ignore the fact that that the batter put the ball in play, it was a fair ball, and that her at-bat is now over. You did make a mistake, and you will hear serious sh!t; but the batter wasn't put out, and you killed the play, so you must award the batter first base (and advance all runners forced).
The only "Do-over" in softball is when the defense benefits from violating, by using an illegal glove or an illegal sub; then the offense get the option of the result, or to put the batter back up assuming the prior count. When the umpire screws up, you have to follow the rules.