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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
Yet, despite you repeating your personal interpretation (opinion) again and again, the administrative decision in Wisconsin remains that the umpire's decision did not change the fact that, by rule, the run did score.
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I would love to hear the justification by the WIAA for not following the rule as written in the book. This is NOT a scoring error, as it has been described. Again, as I have stated, IF the umpires said the run did not score, they misapplied a rule, and as such it needs to be ruled upon immediately, not an inning and a half later.
If they never said the run scores or does not score, this does become a scoring error which is a correctable situation.
The simple fact is the team that lost the game has a major complaint about being screwed over by the umpires and the WIAA in this case.
Also, how on Earth does the WIAA's being called even impact the situation, since as others have said, Wisconsin is a non-protest state. The calling of the WIAA office should have had ZERO bearing on the ruling, but according to the article, they affirmed the call.
This entire mess stinks to high heaven, and it all starts with umpires who apparently either kicked the call in the first place, or failed to state if the run scored or did not score. Either way this entire mess does fall on the umpires who, by not knowing the rules, impacted the result of the game. Hopefully that is something we can agree on.