NFHS BOO

[Dakota]

Originally posted by officialtony
Dakota,
Please help me out here.
Why would the defense appeal BOO?
They got two outs on the play.
Why not just let B4 bat?
What is the benefit to the defense of appealing?
It seems like a lot of work to get two outs anyway by appealing BOO.
Just curious.

Thanks.

First, it was a made-up play to illustrate an issue with the NFHS book. But, in the real world, if such an appeal was made it would be most likely personnel related - the defensive coach would rather face B3 again than B4. Maybe B3 is actually the #9 in the order and B4 is #1 (the B# designation merely indicates batting order for the play being described.) Or, maybe the defensive coach thinks the NFHS book actually means what it seems to mean and that he will get 3 outs from the appeal.