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Originally posted by Nick18
Last night I was watching an ASA men's softball game. ...
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Was this fast pitch or slow pitch?
If slow pitch, the ball was dead so the batter-runner was not out. (caveat: I don't call slow pitch; there may be some divisions of slow pitch were the ball remains live. Mike Rowe can clarify.)
If fast pitch, the batter-runner should have been called out as soon as he entered dead ball territory (e.g. team bench). No appeal was necessary.
However, the umpire could not call that if he did not see it.
If fast pitch, bad call for what actually happened, but a good call for what the umpire actually saw.
Why didn't he see it? That's another question!