When do you call "Time!"

[noobie]

... and you're working by the 2006 ASA book with no local overrides, point at 8-4-F(2) at your protest hearing. You're on solid ground.

I've had the same thing happen, just no protests. I now warn both managers in the pre-game that I'm enforcing 8-4-F(2) [I always explain what that means]. It works very well.

PS: I've learned not to "hate" the other crewmembers, no matter how much I might disagree with them. I've gotta work with 'em sooner or later. They can run their fields they way they wanna. I'm gonna run mine my way. So goes the one-man system.

[mcrowder]

What rule are they protesting your misapplication of? Did they protest at the time of the call? Does your league require a protest fee, and if so, how many beers will it buy? If they did not protest at the time of the call (and outside teams cannot protest at all!), then they are not "protesting"... they are merely biitching and complaining, which means nothing.