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Originally posted by SC Ump
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Originally posted by bluezebra
No appeal necessary in this situation. This is not a missed base. Runner off base. Ball caught. Throw beats runner back to base. OUT!
Bob
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But why did the defense throw the ball back to the base? I was thinking it was so they could execute a live ball appeal that the runner had left the base prior to the caught fly ball being touch.
It's not a force play. It's not a tag play. What is it if it's not an appeal?
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It is a live ball appeal of the runner leaving before the catch, or the first touch leading to the catch to be exact. Tom was absolutely right in his description. That was why when the ball was thrown back to the base, (the actual "appeal" by the team), the ump called out. Otherwise, there would have had to been a tag or something since the force had been removed by the catch. However, since this is such a common appeal, all too often many forget that it is in fact an appeal and not part of the play.