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Old Thu Jun 05, 2014, 06:17pm
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My opinion, the umpires royally screwed this one over in multiple ways.

First, by not making the call correctly in the first place.

Second, my opinion is the rulebook was brought out too late to make the change. 10-2-3i note:

"If there is a question about a rule that was possibly misapplied, the team's coach or captain shall inform the umpire at the time of the play and before a pitch to the next batter of the team at bat, or before the first batter for the team that was on defense if the teams have changed positions, or before the umpires leave the field if the play in question was the last out."

To me this says the ruling must be made at the time of the issue. If the umpires disallowed the run, they had until the first pitch in the top of the 6th to make the change, or the result stayed as is.

This is different from some situations people have stated where the score was incorrect on the board, or in the book, because were clerical errors in the book (as covered in 10-2-3n. and this was a rules application ruling.

If the umpires never stated the run scored or did not score, then it could be considered a scorekeeping error, but the way I read the article, the ruling was made to disallow the run, then the ruling was changed.

The other question is if Wisconsin allows protests or not. Some states allow protests and others do not.

I would also argue that 10-2-3m could be applied because the umpires decision clearly put one of the teams in jeopardy. This is not the way the rule is intended to be used.
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