Appeal play?

[greymule]

A few years ago, Fed required that, after play had stopped, umpires call runners out for missing bases. No appeal from the defense was necessary. I can't remember whether the same applied to runners who had left bases before a fly ball was caught.

So that ump was probably going by the old rule.

Note: the word is jibes, not jives, not to be confused with gibes. Coincidentally, I had to explain that distinction once to the president of NFHS, which publishes the Fed rule book.