A BOO from the ASA Adv. FP Camp

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by debeau

Thats fine NCASA Blue if you want to do it that way .
But appeals have to be specific .
Coach " the runner missed the base " Your way of thinking you would give an out .
In this scenario B2 was the first to bat out of order and more than likely that is what a coach would concentrate on .
Again , not being picky but any appeal must be specific , you have to know exactly what who when where why .

You're over-extending what I admit to be a bit of my generosity with regards to this appeal. Keep it with the OP.

I won't give away exactly what happened to the coach ("why, yes, they did bat out of order. Oh, you're appealing the wrong one. You need to appeal the other one."), but I will allow the coach to go through the motions of making the appeal (showing me the batting order, who was missed). Eventually, the coach will get it right.

Most of the time, the coach only knows that they batted out of order. It is, in my opinion, allowable to say, "coach, once the defense pitches to the next batter, B2's at bat is legal." His next question is inevitably going to be, "well, who would that be?" My response: "the batter that follows B2 in the line-up." At that point, the lightbulb should go off in the coach's head that B1 is now batting in B3's spot.

That's all the leading I will give him, and that's all the leading I'm referring to. Beyond that, words are being typed into my keyboard for me.

Edited to correct some of my statements in this post.