[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by Dakota

OK, this response is based on my understanding of the technically correct action. Would I actually do this? IDK. I have to deal with goofy field lines all the time, but if the lines are left in place, they are the lines for game play up until they are discovered to be wrong.

Errors in the field layout or dimensions are not protestable. Since no one actually measured the batter's box, (or the umpire's shoe), I have my doubts about a protest being upheld based on incorrect application of the rule by the umpire. He did actually use the lines as drawn, didn't he? So, his incorrect understanding only meant the box was not corrected.

Assume the umpire knew the batter's box was supposed to be 4 feet wide, and that his informal measurement concluded it was 3 feet wide. The correct action is to fix the box and continue, not to go back and correct history.

Fix the box and move on, call stands.

Now, if this was the first time such a call was made in this game, would I do the technically correct thing or would I reverse the call? Hmmmm....

It's not about four feet wide. In SB it's four feet forward of the center of the plate versus three feet for baseball. The fact the the umpire took three "feet" as the measurement shows a rule misapplication (and an incorrectly marked box(.