Umpire Error--Ruling?

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Young IN Ref

BU reversed the call after 1-2 seconds. It was long enough of a delay that it wasn't a "split second" The 5-10 seconds was how long it took the defense to realize what that meant.

I correct my original statement "thoughts" to R2 and R3 not being out on "appeal" but rather because of a force...which I thought of as "appeal" only because of the long delay. My thought on that is similar to the Infield Fly. Even if the PU does not call an IF, the runners are expected to know the situation and requirements for IF, and may stay on their base. Sorry for the lack of casebook/rules citation, as I don't have them at my house.

Does anyone believe that the time (split second vs 1-2 seconds) between the BU changing the call matters? IE, if he immediately reversed the call, would R2 and R3, and BR be responsible for seeing that reversal?

Thanks for all the comments! Breaking it down, again, makes it seem to me that in this situation, the runners and batter-runner should have been placed at the bases they would have acheived had the original call been correct.

There's no "hard and fast" rule regarding the timing of a reversed call. However, if the act of an umpire causes confusion among the runners and places them in jeopardy, you may invoke 10-3-C (the rule I mentioned earlier).