Cheaters!

[jchamp]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Cheating team won - umpire did nothing (I was a spectator). I've always wondered if I would have stepped in if I was the umpire. Someone apparently reported the thing to the league, though, and the cheating team was suspended, the coach banned.

The umpire isn't supposed to interject unless the offended team appeals the previous batter, after the play, but before the succeeding batter is pitched to. At this point, the umpire can take corrective action. But since you're describing a recreational league, it's possible even those rules didn't exist.