First protest

[elares]

Here is the report I sent.  How can I make it better next time?  In the real report, I used manager names.

 

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During the bottom of the first inning VHC was granted a time out and questioned the order of HT batters during that half inning.

At the moment time was granted, player #42 was in the batters box and had received one pitch (a strike).

The prior batter had reached 1st base safely and was standing on the base.  I confirmed that the player on first base wore jersey number 27.

 

My lineup card showed that #42 was the proper batter to follow #27.

 

All the above facts were verified with the VHC when he questioned the BOO situation and again when he informed me of his desire to protest the game.

 

Per 2015 LL rule 6.07©, the first pitch to #42, legalized player #27.  Since player #27 was made proper by the first pitch to player #42, I determined, per the official line-up card in my possession, that the next proper batter was at that moment player #42.  The same player that was in the batters box.  I assessed no penalties, and explained my reasoning to VHC.

 

Before play resumed, VHC informed me of his desire to protest the game.  At that time, VHC and I reviewed the game situation, the positions and numbers of the players on base and at bat, and we reviewed my line-up card.  We agreed that my notes reflected the current game situation.  We made our way to the home team scorekeeper and I informed her that the game would be continued under protest and asked her to note the protest in the official score book for the game.

 

The game ended after 5.5 innings played.  Home team was leading and did not bat in the bottom of the sixth.  

 

See attached photo of HT line-up card.

 

[Mudisfun]

What was the issue that made the manager feel he had BOO? Bottom of the first?

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[ZebraStripes]

What was the issue that made the manager feel he had BOO? Bottom of the first?

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I'm assuming the BOO came with #27 not being the proper person to have been batting before #42, or the coach is just wrong.  Since he is protesting it, I'm of the belief that it was #27 that was out of order.

[mrumpiresir]

 

Here is the report I sent.  How can I make it better next time?  In the real report, I used manager names.

 

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During the bottom of the first inning VHC was granted a time out and questioned the order of HT batters during that half inning.

At the moment time was granted, player #42 was in the batters box and had received one pitch (a strike).

The prior batter had reached 1st base safely and was standing on the base.  I confirmed that the player on first base wore jersey number 27.

 

My lineup card showed that #42 was the proper batter to follow #27.

 

All the above facts were verified with the VHC when he questioned the BOO situation and again when he informed me of his desire to protest the game.

 

Per 2015 LL rule 6.07©, the first pitch to #42, legalized player #27.  Since player #27 was made proper by the first pitch to player #42, I determined, per the official line-up card in my possession, that the next proper batter was at that moment player #42.  The same player that was in the batters box.  I assessed no penalties, and explained my reasoning to VHC.

 

Before play resumed, VHC informed me of his desire to protest the game.  At that time, VHC and I reviewed the game situation, the positions and numbers of the players on base and at bat, and we reviewed my line-up card.  We agreed that my notes reflected the current game situation.  We made our way to the home team scorekeeper and I informed her that the game would be continued under protest and asked her to note the protest in the official score book for the game.

 

The game ended after 5.5 innings played.  Home team was leading and did not bat in the bottom of the sixth.  

 

See attached photo of HT line-up card.

 

Sounds as if you were correct.  But you should know that the name of the player is what counts, not the number.  In other words if Jones, wearing number 42, is due up but the lineup card shows Jones is  24 instead of 42, the only thing we need to do is correct the lineup card and move on.  The correct batter by name was at bat and that's all that matters.

[elares]

Good advice mrumpiresir, thank you.  I'll focus on player names next time.  Now that I think of it, in Little League, you can have multiple players with the same jersey number.  Oh, wouldn't that have been a mess.

 

There had been a BOO situation, but it had occurred earlier in the inning. 

True confession time, this was an 8u regular season LL game.  The adults were soooo serious.

[mrumpiresir]

Good advice mrumpiresir, thank you.  I'll focus on player names next time.  Now that I think of it, in Little League, you can have multiple players with the same jersey number.  Oh, wouldn't that have been a mess.

 

There had been a BOO situation, but it had occurred earlier in the inning. 

True confession time, this was an 8u regular season LL game.  The adults were soooo serious.

Also note that the adults you refer to in an 8u LL game do not have the slightest idea of the rules to the game.  I could entertain you for hours with the idiotic things i have heard from the parents in youth ball games.  Your best course of action is to not hear what they say because they don't exist.