EdFred
every day I'm shovelin'
I didn't want the question to get lost in the other two threads.
Same scenario, 1 out, runner on 3rd and another runner on. Trailing runner leaves early, runner on third does not. Does the appeal have to include getting the ball to the occupied base and touching it and if so - is that the beginning of the appeal for timing purposes? Or can the appeal be started verbally as soon as the catch is made, and the act of touching the bag with possession of the ball completing it? I know it's a timing play, so my question is, if the runner on 3rd scores before the ball makes it to the trailing runner's previously occupied bag, is there a way to get the run to *not* count even if I was verbally appealing that the runner left early, and we just couldn't get the ball in quick enough?
Same scenario, 1 out, runner on 3rd and another runner on. Trailing runner leaves early, runner on third does not. Does the appeal have to include getting the ball to the occupied base and touching it and if so - is that the beginning of the appeal for timing purposes? Or can the appeal be started verbally as soon as the catch is made, and the act of touching the bag with possession of the ball completing it? I know it's a timing play, so my question is, if the runner on 3rd scores before the ball makes it to the trailing runner's previously occupied bag, is there a way to get the run to *not* count even if I was verbally appealing that the runner left early, and we just couldn't get the ball in quick enough?