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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
The right ruling was made. The issue is whether it could be enforced given that time had been called.
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The "fixit" rule says yes.
8.02 (c ) If a decision is appealed, the umpire making the decision may
ask another umpire for information before making a final decision.
No umpire shall criticize, seek to reverse or interfere with
another umpire’s decision unless asked to do so by the umpire
making it. If the umpires consult after a play and change a call
that had been made,
then they have the authority to take all
steps that they may deem necessary, in their discretion, to eliminate
the results and consequences of the earlier call that they
are reversing, including placing runners where they think those
runners would have been after the play, had the ultimate call
been made as the initial call, disregarding interference or
obstruction that may have occurred on the play; failures of runners
to tag up based upon the initial call on the field; runners
passing other runners or missing bases; etc., all in the discretion
of the umpires. No player, manager or coach shall be permitted
to argue the exercise of the umpires’ discretion in
resolving the play and any person so arguing shall be subject to
ejection.