Retroactive appeal?

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Originally posted by Ref Ump Welsch
Sounds like a blown call to me. Blue should not have made a safe call right away, as the runner never touched the bag.

No, the umpire made the correct call, in the correct manner. The runner beat the play, the runner is to be ruled safe and that is the correct call. Now, if an appeal takes place, the umpire makes a ruling on the appeal, not a reversal of the initial call.

We have all been taught to slow down and then make the call. Anytime there is something amiss, the umpire should hesitate slightly to see if the play may continue. Making an immediate safe call and then a reversal if F3 picks up the ball and chases the runner down the line for an obvious live ball appeal, may offer a poor impression.

However, since he/she did make the call, the defensive appeal would be considered invalid because F3 already did the appeal (inappropriately I might add). Of course, blue seems to have missed that appeal too. In other words, totally screwed up situation.

Blue didn't miss a thing. There was no appeal, so the umpire, by rule, is not permitted to rule on it.

It seems most everyone is on this one.