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Originally Posted by kylejt
One of the umpires made a phone call from the dugout. Hopefully, that guy gets the worst of it....
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In MLB, once a manager says he wants to protest, the umpires have to meet and make sure that they are correct in their rule interpretation/application (in this case, they were way off), then the CC has to contact official scorekeeper and explain the situation (thus the phone call) to log the protest. Doing that, the CC comes onto the field, faces the press boxes and makes the "P" sign to declare the game is under protest.
If this were a playoff or world series game, that phone call would have been to the MLB representative for verification, then the official scorekeeper would be notified.