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Quick question: OBR, no runner on or runners on, check swing on 2-2 count. I remember years ago in some manual used by MLB or MiLB that if it is a check swing with a possible play after it, (i.e. on a passed ball, wild pitch, or a steal attempt in some situations) when an appeal is likely the BU can ring up the batter without a direct appeal by the PU. Is this just a fantasy, or is it still in use? In FED there is a sprt of similar case pay in Rule 10 that says in this situation (2 strikes passed ball, 1B open, appeal by F2) the BU calls a strike on appeal and the BR is called out at 1B jogging down the line assuming it was ball 4 the crew can overturn the call and award the BR 1st because of the fact the appeal did not allow him a chance to get to 1B (10.2.3i). There have been a couple of times this year in OBR games with a passed ball on a check swing, once with 2 out, where an early call by me as the BU might have made a difference on the play. And yes, the obvious solution is to go with your PU's call in cases like this and say no swing, but sometimes that might cause a problem. Please feel free to ask questions if my post is not clear. Thanks!. 10.2.3 SITUATION I: With a count of three balls and two strikes on B1 and no runners on base, the pitch is made and the batter takes what appears to be a half swing. The plate umpire calls ball four as the ball gets away from F2. B1 trots to first base and F2 throws the ball to F3, who tags B1 prior to his reaching the base. F2 asks the plate umpire to check with the base umpire to see if it was a strike. The base umpire indicates that B1 did swing at the ball. RULING: If, in the judgment of the umpire-in-chief, B1 would have reached first base before the throw if it had not been called ball four, the plate umpire can award B1 first base. The umpire-in-chief can rectify any situation in which an umpire’s decision has placed a batter-runner in jeopardy. Advances and outs made by runners following a reversed call stand, if the call that was changed clearly did not place them in jeopardy.