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What Mike is refering to is the ASA proceedure for championship play, not a rule per say that you can protest over. Many local districts tell teir umps how to handle ball changes, for example when playing double headers we're asked to try and save a new ball for the 2nd game but if we need to we do put both balls in play during the 1st game. Your umpire was probably following a local "ground rule" so to speak.
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