The point of my post was to agree with the argument that 'they can protest anything they want'. In this case the protest committee decided to hear the protest and rule on it. In MOST cases, those protests are never even accepted. The actual situation that precipitated the protest was not important.

When I was training new umpires my advice to them was to never argue with a coach if they wanted to play the game "under protest", just note it in the book and play on. We don't rule on the validity of protest, and if the protest "committee" wants to hear it, thats their business.

If you allow a rat to protest a judgment call, the rat for the other team could file a counter-protest for violating the rule that you can only protest a rules violation.

And we then refer both protests to the proper league officials to be ruled upon. Like RPatrino said, they have a right to ask for a protest, and the league has the right to tell them to take their protest and jump in the lake. :D

It would seem that RPatrino understands why protests exist.

JM

But................
 

If the protest is filed before R3 scores, does the run count?;)

AR

I want to protest...no..double dog protest..this protest:confused:

griff

Gentlemen, gentlemen. I don't care about protests. Let us get back on point. DOES THE RUN COUNT?

MTD, Sr.

I believe the OP was put to rest completely with post # 17 on page 2. The thread topic had fully run its course at that time. The rest of the thread is just a bonus discussion, kind of like "extra credit" on a school exam.

Down here in NC for USSSA, all games are under 2 hour time limit (no inning after 2:00).

At the plate conference, I show them both me starting the stop watch, and tell them that is the official one.

Of course, they both look at their watches and think THAT is the official one.

So, when it comes down to seconds either way, at the end of an inning, I will pull it out and STOP it, whether it is over or under, and so when they start *****ing that their watch says one thing, I have my stop watch in hand with the time that that inning ended in order to prove to them (and squash any following protest), either the game is over or there was time left on the clock.