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Originally Posted by Scooby
R1 on 1st. No outs. Full count. The batter checks her swing and the plate umpire calls ball 4.
Sit. 1. There is an immediate appeal to the base umpire and who calls a strike and the catcher throws that ball to 2nd base and tags R1 before she reaches 2nd.
Sit. 2. An appeal is made after the runner has advanced to 2nd.
Do we allow the out or the runners advance to stand or do we put her back on 1st?
Please let me know if there is a difference between NCAA, ASA and NHSF.
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In my opinion there are a lot of factors in play in these situations.
Was R1 attempting to steal on the pitch? If the answer to that is yes, the next question is did she visibly alter her steal attempt when the pitch was called ball 4? If she was attempting to steal and we have no indication she was impacted by the ball 4 call, I have an out by the defense. (Which is also a tough play to get all aspects of in with the appeal). If R1 was attempting to steal, but slowed up when she heard ball 4, and was then tagged out, I am ruling umpire jeopardy and she is back on first because her actions were impacted by the reversed call upon appeal.
With situation 2, if she advanced only as a result of being awarded the base due to the original ball 4 call, I am ruling umpire jeopardy and she goes back. If she was going on the play and the defense made no indication of an attempt to get her, then I am ruling a stolen base.
This like many other situations, are HTBT plays. We need to see everything that happens to actually make a determination based on all the facts of the play.