Appeal a turn toward second.

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

IMO, that may have been over-officious and missed the play. If all play was apparently completed, which means R1 is not showing any indication of advancing to the next or previous base and the defense wasn't attempting to make a live ball appeal, you probably should have called time and accepted the appeal.

Don't know why you would delay calling time if nothing was imminent.

BTW, the ball is not dead when a pitch hits the ground in all SP.

Irish - How can that be "over officious?" I delayed calling "time" for TWO reasons:
1. To give the runner the OPPORTUNITY to retouch 1st
2. To give the defense an OPPORTUNITY to make a live ball appeal.
Had I called "time" immediately, by rule, he cannot retouch. Once I saw he was NOT going to retouch and that and that the defense was NOT going to make an appeal, THEN I called "time."
And, the proper mechanic is to call "time" THEN they state the appeal.
In REGULAR SP, yes, the ball is "dead" once a pitch hits the ground. Which is why a batter CANNOT hit a pitched ball once the ball hits the ground.
Got that, Sparky?