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Base award/verbal appeal/protest questions
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Guest Frankie
I have a few questions about the final play of a 14U tournament game I was working alone under FED rules. In a tie game in the bottom of the 7th inning with a runner on second base and one out, the batter hits a fly ball to center field. F8 makes the catch and throws to third while the runner is returning to second base. The throw goes past the fence line and out of play, and I award R2 home per 8-3-3c, ending the game. The visiting players remain on the field as their coach comes out to dispute the base award. After I explain that the award is two bases, the visiting coach attempts to verbally appeal that the runner did not retouch second and I waved off the appeal as the runner did tag up amid all the chaos. Finally, he attempts to protest the game over the base award, and the tournament director told him that protests were only allowed on roster disputes. I have three questions about this play in hindsight:
1. Is the base award correct? I'm pretty sure about this one but wanted confirmation.
2. Is there any way for the defense to do a live-ball appeal on this play since the ball went out of play?
3. In general, how do I handle protests like this? If the TD had not been present, is it just a matter of looking up the rule on site?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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