This happen to me earlier this year and just looking for some opinions and thought on a rainy day in Texas
FP game into extra inning home team at bat with less than 2 outs and runner on 2nd. I am BU and in the C slot, batter bunts ball down 3rd base line, close play at 1st and I ring it up "OUT". R1 advance to 3rd, now 2 outs, BR goes to the dugout, ball back to F1 in the circle and no argument about the call from the coaches BUT before next pitch defensive coach calls TIME to go talk to his pitcher about the situation and 1st base coach calls me over during the time out and ask to APPEAL my last call at 1st says he believe F3 pulled her foot early. So I am thinking since there hadnt been another pitch or play since the call the coach still has the right to ask for the appeal and I go to the PU. He tells me that he wont hear the appeal because it is to late the BR has already enter the dugout, so I go back to position and inform the coach the call stood the BR was "OUT". Coach makes some committ about the PU probably missed it and wasnt looking, I didnt see any reason to explain further to the coach and just went on to my position. Now, after the inning was over the PU went to the coach and told him he had seen F3 pull her foot but he was to late on the appeal because the BR had enter the dugout.
Questions
1. Am I not right that the PU should of still taken the APPEAL since a play had not take place??
2. Should I have explain more to the coach after the PU refused to listen to the APPEAL??
3. Am I not wrong when I thought the PU should of just kept quiet after the inning and not discussed the matter further with the coach unless at least requested??
The PU was a SENIOR ump and this was in a private HS play-off game and my opinion he was trying to take the monkey off his back in case there was further games to be had. I just kept my mouth shut and went on, didnt figure it was worth making an ado over
Thanks
Don
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