This is from one of our umps who just joined the board. It happened in our
first tournament game, majors.
Runner misses home. Catcher without the ball, it never came in, says out loud
he missed home. Manager calls time out to talk with the pitcher. The catcher
tells the manager the runner missed the base. Manager yells to PU that hey I
want to appeal that play. PU informs manager the ball must be live for any
appeal. The manager returns, Pitcher toes the rubber, PU says play. Without
disengaging the rubber the pitchers throws an outside pitch to the catcher.
What have you got, Ball to the batter, Illegal pitch ball to the batter, proper
appeal, batter is out.
Russ