Appeals

[MrUmpire]

Originally posted by Jim Krueger
I'll buy the fact that we can not make an immediate call as the runner does have a chance to correct his error, but after the ball is dead the infraction should not disappear just because a coach or player didn't see it. How do you respond to some one when asked " why should the team have to do your job?"

They are not doing my job. They are doing their job. This is just one area where the rulesmakers expect the players to know what is going on in the game and have given them the responsibility to get the out. Baseball is not for dummies. After all, this isn't soccer.