Appeal Play?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

Make sure you appeal to the right umpire.

Reference, please, for making an appeal to any specific umpire. FED, NCAA and OBR all say some variaion of "a runner is out on appeal..." with no guidance to the defense about to whom they should direct the appeal specifically.

[KJUmp]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Reference, please, for making an appeal to any specific umpire. FED, NCAA and OBR all say some variaion of "a runner is out on appeal..." with no guidance to the defense about to whom they should direct the appeal specifically.

As the OP indicated the sitch happened in a softball game, I'll reference NCAA Softball:

15.12 Umpire's Responsibility for an Appeal
Once an appeal is made to the umpire responsible for the play, that umpire will make the proper call.

The CCA Softball Manual (6.1 Appeals/P.70) states:
"If the appeal is directed to the wrong umpire, i.e. the play was not in her (his) calling area , that umpire should alert her (his) partner who is responsible for the call."