ABBOTT: Well Costello, I'm going to New York with you. You know Bookie Harris, the Yankee's manager, gave me a job as coach for as long as you're on the team.
COSTELLO: Look Abbott, if you're the coach, you must know all the players.
ABBOTT: I certainly do.
COSTELLO: Well you know I've never met the guys. So you'll have to tell me their names, and then I'll know who's playing on the team.
ABBOTT: Oh, I'll tell you their names, but you know it seems to me they give these ball players now-a-days very peculiar names.
COSTELLO: You mean funny names?
ABBOTT: Strange names, pet names... like Dizzy Dean...
COSTELLO: His brother Daffy.
ABBOTT: Daffy Dean...
COSTELLO: And their French cousin.
ABBOTT: French?
COSTELLO: Goofe.
ABBOTT: Goofe Dean. Well, let's see, we have on the bags, Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third...
COSTELLO: That's what I want to find out.
ABBOTT: I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third.
COSTELLO: Are you the manager?
ABBOTT: Yes.
COSTELLO: You gonna be the coach too?
ABBOTT: Yes.
COSTELLO: And you don't know the fellows' names?
ABBOTT: Well I should.
COSTELLO: Well then who's on first?
ABBOTT: Yes.
COSTELLO: I mean the fellow's name.
ABBOTT: Who.
COSTELLO: The guy on first.
ABBOTT: Who.
COSTELLO: The first baseman.
ABBOTT: Who.
COSTELLO: The guy playing...
ABBOTT: Who is on first!
COSTELLO: I'm asking YOU who's on first.
ABBOTT: That's the man's name.
COSTELLO: That's who's name?
ABBOTT: Yes.
COSTELLO: Well go ahead and tell me.
ABBOTT: That's it.
COSTELLO: That's who?
ABBOTT: Yes.
COSTELLO: Look, you gotta first baseman?
ABBOTT: Certainly.
COSTELLO: Who's playing first?
ABBOTT: That's right.
COSTELLO: When you pay off the first baseman every month, who gets the money?
ABBOTT: Every dollar of it.
COSTELLO: All I'm trying to find out is the fellow's name on first base.
ABBOTT: Who.
COSTELLO: The guy that gets...
ABBOTT: That's it.
COSTELLO: Who gets the money...
ABBOTT: He does, every dollar. Sometimes his wife comes down and collects it.
COSTELLO: Whose wife?
ABBOTT: Yes.
ABBOTT: What's wrong with that?
COSTELLO: Look, all I wanna know is when you sign up the first baseman, how does he sign his name?
ABBOTT: Who.
COSTELLO: The guy.
ABBOTT: Who.
COSTELLO: How does he sign...
ABBOTT: That's how he signs it.
COSTELLO: Who?
ABBOTT: Yes.
COSTELLO: All I'm trying to find out is what's the guy's name on first base.
ABBOTT: No. What is on second base.
COSTELLO: I'm not asking you who's on second.
ABBOTT: Who's on first.
COSTELLO: One base at a time!
ABBOTT: Well, don't change the players around.
COSTELLO: I'm not changing nobody!
ABBOTT: Take it easy, buddy.
COSTELLO: I'm only asking you, who's the guy on first base?
ABBOTT: That's right.
COSTELLO: Ok.
ABBOTT: All right.
COSTELLO: What's the guy's name on first base?
ABBOTT: No. What is on second.
COSTELLO: I'm not asking you who's on second.
ABBOTT: Who's on first.
COSTELLO: I don't know.
ABBOTT: He's on third, we're not talking about him.
COSTELLO: Now how did I get on third base?
ABBOTT: Why you mentioned his name.
COSTELLO: If I mentioned the third baseman's name, who did I say is playing third?
ABBOTT: No. Who's playing first.
COSTELLO: What's on first?
ABBOTT: What's on second.
COSTELLO: I don't know.
ABBOTT: He's on third.
COSTELLO: There I go, back on third again!
COSTELLO: Would you just stay on third base and don't go off it.
ABBOTT: All right, what do you want to know?
COSTELLO: Now who's playing third base?
ABBOTT: Why do you insist on putting Who on third base?
COSTELLO: What am I putting on third.
ABBOTT: No. What is on second.
COSTELLO: You don't want who on second?
ABBOTT: Who is on first.
COSTELLO: I don't know.
ABBOTT & COSTELLO: Third base!
COSTELLO: Look, you gotta outfield?
ABBOTT: Sure.
COSTELLO: The left fielder's name?
ABBOTT: Why.
COSTELLO: I just thought I'd ask you.
ABBOTT: Well, I just thought I'd tell ya.
COSTELLO: Then tell me who's playing left field.
ABBOTT: Who's playing first.
COSTELLO: I'm not... stay out of the infield! I want to know what's the guy's name in left field?
ABBOTT: No, What is on second.
COSTELLO: I'm not asking you who's on second.
ABBOTT: Who's on first!
COSTELLO: I don't know.
ABBOTT & COSTELLO: Third base!
COSTELLO: The left fielder's name?
ABBOTT: Why.
COSTELLO: Because!
ABBOTT: Oh, he's centerfield.
COSTELLO: Look, You gotta pitcher on this team?
ABBOTT: Sure.
COSTELLO: The pitcher's name?
ABBOTT: Tomorrow.
COSTELLO: You don't want to tell me today?
ABBOTT: I'm telling you now.
COSTELLO: Then go ahead.
ABBOTT: Tomorrow!
COSTELLO: What time?
ABBOTT: What time what?
COSTELLO: What time tomorrow are you gonna tell me who's pitching?
ABBOTT: Now listen. Who is not pitching.
COSTELLO: I'll break your arm, you say who's on first! I want to know what's the pitcher's name?
ABBOTT: What's on second.
COSTELLO: I don't know.
ABBOTT & COSTELLO: Third base!
COSTELLO: Gotta a catcher?
ABBOTT: Certainly.
COSTELLO: The catcher's name?
ABBOTT: Today.
COSTELLO: Today, and tomorrow's pitching.
ABBOTT: Now you've got it.
COSTELLO: All we got is a couple of days on the team.
COSTELLO: You know I'm a catcher too.
ABBOTT: So they tell me.
COSTELLO: I get behind the plate to do some fancy catching, Tomorrow's pitching on my team and a heavy hitter gets up. Now the heavy hitter bunts the ball. When he bunts the ball, me, being a good catcher, I'm gonna throw the guy out at first base. So I pick up the ball and throw it to who?
ABBOTT: Now that's the first thing you've said right.
COSTELLO: I don't even know what I'm talking about!
ABBOTT: That's all you have to do.
COSTELLO: Is to throw the ball to first base.
ABBOTT: Yes!
COSTELLO: Now who's got it?
ABBOTT: Naturally.
COSTELLO: Look, if I throw the ball to first base, somebody's gotta get it. Now who has it?
ABBOTT: Naturally.
COSTELLO: Who?
ABBOTT: Naturally.
COSTELLO: Naturally?
ABBOTT: Naturally.
COSTELLO: So I pick up the ball and I throw it to Naturally.
ABBOTT: No you don't, you throw the ball to Who.
COSTELLO: Naturally.
ABBOTT: That's different.
COSTELLO: That's what I said.
ABBOTT: You're not saying it...
COSTELLO: I throw the ball to Naturally.
ABBOTT: You throw it to Who.
COSTELLO: Naturally.
ABBOTT: That's it.
COSTELLO: That's what I said!
ABBOTT: You ask me.
COSTELLO: I throw the ball to who?
ABBOTT: Naturally.
COSTELLO: Now you ask me.
ABBOTT: You throw the ball to Who?
COSTELLO: Naturally.
ABBOTT: That's it.
COSTELLO: Same as you! Same as YOU! I throw the ball to who. Whoever it is drops the ball and the guy runs to second. Who picks up the ball and throws it to What. What throws it to I Don't Know. I Don't Know throws it back to Tomorrow, Triple play. Another guy gets up and hits a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don't know! He's on third and I don't give a darn!
ABBOTT: What?
COSTELLO: I said I don't give a darn!
ABBOTT: Oh, that's our shortstop.

:) Igloo is not on first...Who is. :)

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This is a very clear-cut scenario. Upon the appeal, Able is out. All advancement by any R/BR is negated.

Igloo is now on 1B with one out more than at the beginning of the play. The next three batters are Baker, Charlie and Delta.

Rule 7.2.D.2 ONLY. No other rules are applicable to this scenario.

Thanks!
 

Your explanation makes more sense then the ASA rulebook. Its a little confusing to me. When it says "No runner shall be removed from the base occupied except the batter runner who has been taken off the base by the umpire as in (2) above to bat in the proper place", I was interpreting that to mean that the batter-runner should only be removed to bat if he was the proper batter (i.e. the one after the batter called out failing to bat).

I don't think it is the book that's confusing :)

If appealed properly, there was no BR to bring back because, upon the appeal, the most recent play with the exception of any outs is negated. All offensive players return to their position at the TOP That includes the person who put the ball into play.

So what are you implying, that I'm the confusing one? :)

There are many who confuse this rule (or, these rule subsections).

I swear to God this is a true story. I was on the field next door. In one of the WA state HS tournaments in 2004 (a loser out game), Able should have led off, but Baker batted instead. 7 runs later, defense protested BOO. Umpires took all 7 runs off the board, declared three outs. Neither team said a word because the umpires, as wrong as they were, explained their "reasoning" in a satisfactory manner.

Team losing the 7 runs lost game by a run...

True enough, Mike, but...

swallow hard, now... :eek:

The NFHS book says it better, and in a way that is less likely to result in an erroneous ruling.

I don't know how, I read this rule in ASA as quite clear. Maybe that's because I only need to deal with one rule book.

Did 12u FP tournament last weekend. Had batter strike out swinging third strike. I give strike signal announce 1 out. The next batter steps in and takes several pitches before getting a single. Def coach asks me if the runner on first was the same one that struck out. Yes it was, BOO remove runner and call out the batter that failed to bat. Off coach bounces off the walls telling me I didn’t tell the batter was out. I tell the coach I give the count several times during an at bat, When she struck out I said one out. I don't control who comes to the plate that is your job.