SevenBizzos
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(Unfamiliar with USSSA rulebook and looked 15 minutes for this).
Team hits a foul ball out of play, throws a GSL ball in. Pitcher sees it, pitches, and the ball is put into play. Our understanding was that you had to wait until the ball was put into play and then protest it. That is what happened. Umps said you must protest before the ball is in play. Once it is in play, it is assumed legal and you can continue to play with it. This was the UIC and the tournament director's call.
This makes no sense to me because it's entirely possible that you could get a stadium ball in without detection by the pitcher (because there are dozens of balls thrown during games) and then get to hit that ball the rest of the game, or until it's hit out of play.
Oh yeah, and we won the game.
Team hits a foul ball out of play, throws a GSL ball in. Pitcher sees it, pitches, and the ball is put into play. Our understanding was that you had to wait until the ball was put into play and then protest it. That is what happened. Umps said you must protest before the ball is in play. Once it is in play, it is assumed legal and you can continue to play with it. This was the UIC and the tournament director's call.
This makes no sense to me because it's entirely possible that you could get a stadium ball in without detection by the pitcher (because there are dozens of balls thrown during games) and then get to hit that ball the rest of the game, or until it's hit out of play.
Oh yeah, and we won the game.