An appeal sould be clearly intended as an appeal, either by a verbal request by a player or an act that unmistakably indicates an appeal to the umpire. While it sounds as the latter would this would have been the case in the scenario you outlined, perhaps the umpire did not feel so and that the defensive was simply making an actual play on the runner (maybe trying to get him overrunning the bag?). Or, the umpire could have just screwed up by not allowing the appeal the first time. :sssh:

 

From my understanding the appeal still has to be verbalized by the players or the coach. So in this case the umpire got it right because if he goes on and calls it and it would happen to be the other umpires call then he has now created chaos for both coaches and his partner.

From my understanding the appeal still has to be verbalized by the players or the coach. So in this case the umpire got it right because if he goes on and calls it and it would happen to be the other umpires call then he has now created chaos for both coaches and his partner.

 

Not correct. At least not per MLB rules (perhaps high school is different), an appeal does not necessarily have to be verbalized if the actions of the appeal themselves are clearly obvious that an appeal is being made.

 

MLB rule 7.10: An appeal should be clearly intended as an appeal, either by a verbal request by the player or an act that unmistakably indicates an appeal to the umpire. A player, inadvertently stepping on the base with a ball in his hand, would not constitute an appeal.

Not correct. At least not per MLB rules (perhaps high school is different), an appeal does not necessarily have to be verbalized if the actions of the appeal themselves are clearly obvious that an appeal is being made.

 

MLB rule 7.10: An appeal should be clearly intended as an appeal, either by a verbal request by the player or an act that unmistakably indicates an appeal to the umpire. A player, inadvertently stepping on the base with a ball in his hand, would not constitute an appeal.

 

It is the same rule in HS, while the ball is still in play the fielder must present him intention directly to the umpire, i.e. runner missed second, go to the bag and tag it or throw to the bast the base that the runner is occupying and tag him. The runner is out (if the umpire saw it).