Unrep Sub: Say Something or Stay Mum?

[rwest]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Well, the main difference is that the book clearly states that the umpire cannot rule on an appeal play until the appeal is made, so if an unreported sub was an appeal, this entire thread would have been 2 posts long!

The rule book also clearly states that this is brought up as a protest by the offended team. You don't rule proactively on protests. As umpires we wait until they are brought to our "attention".

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by rwest

The rule book also clearly states that this is brought up as a protest by the offended team. You don't rule proactively on protests. As umpires we wait until they are brought to our "attention".

That's not true at all. You don't just allow a protestable event to slide by - you try to fix it if possible beforehand.