Need help to resolve a protest

[rmstone]

Sounds like the umpire intended to call infield fly, just did it inproperly...

But the fact that he didnt yell "infield fly" or "point" doesn't matter... all he really has to make sure he does is call the batter out! If the batter is out the force outs are all gone and runners can advance at their own risk... (hmm sounds a lot like infield fly, cause it is!)

"Infield Fly!" isn't really a call, its just a reason WHY, the batter being out is the call.

And no matter what, if he was called out, then hes out... unless the umpire changed his call. (Sticky situation). If he claims he mistakenly made the call and reverses it (bad idea) then you can say that the force outs were still in effect, BUT since the runner beat the throw to third nothing changes and you do have bases loaded.

So to me, it comes down to did he call the batter out or not and did he change this call on the field to produce bases loaded. Otherwise the batter is OUT and you have runners on 2nd and 3rd.