Partner not allowing proper appeal

[Andy]

Wow.....do you think that he really thought that his interpretation was the rule or do you think he was covering for the fact that he either missed or did not see the runner in question touch the base?

If he truly thought that this was the rule, hopefully someone will show him in the book that he is incorrect. If he was covering, he really opened a can of worms and ended up taking a lot more grief than if he had simply ruled "safe" on the appeal.

It doesn't sound as if there is much more that you could have done, you can't rule on the appeal, you can't tell the coach that your partner is wrong in his ruling, you gave the coach the option of the protest with the fee (which I hate, BTW, but that's a different discussion).

About the only other thought I have is to offer to pull out your lineup card for your partner to try to identify #5 to help determine which runner she was and rule on the appeal.

It's no wonder that parents and coaches come up with strange rule interpretations and myths after hearing about stuff like this.

[bluezebra]

...rule on weather...

1..What did the weather have to do with whether or not a runner missed a base?

2..Coach: "Number 5 missed 2B".
Blue: "Coach, I don't look for numbers. Which runner missed 2B, the first or second"?

3..Your partner was a schmuck.

Bob

[NSABlue]

Originally Posted by bluezebra

...rule on weather...

1..What did the weather have to do with whether or not a runner missed a base?

[2..Coach: "Number 5 missed 2B".
Blue: "Coach, I don't look for numbers. Which runner missed 2B, the first or second"?

3..Your partner was a schmuck.

Bob

Bob,
you're pretty close, the appeal went something like:

Coach:"Hey Blue #5 missed 2nd base."

Blue: "You have to properly identify exactly which player you're appealing. Since you errored in your 1st attempt, you have lost your right to appeal"

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by NSABlue

Bob,
you're pretty close, the appeal went something like:

Coach:"Hey Blue #5 missed 2nd base."

Blue: "You have to properly identify exactly which player you're appealing. Since you errored in your 1st attempt, you have lost your right to appeal"

I don't know if ducking out of this was the right thing to do. Partner is misapplying a rule (or making one up entirely) - and you have the obligation to correct the situation. This is not simply a judgement call that you have to hold your tongue on - it's a rules misapplication.

Pop up to CF. CF juggles, catches and throws home. BU rules that since CF juggled the ball, there is no out on BR. You'd fix that, wouldn't you? Same thing in the initial sitch.

Before tackling it, though, and before even intimating to partner that you might be doing so, I'd ask - "Just so I know ... did she actually miss the base or not?"

[CecilOne]

There are only two possibilities, R2 and BR. Easy to figure out which, but if he was ducking the issue, he still will.