Proper Appeal - After Ball in Play

[jpaco54]

I am UI, DC indicates to me he wants to appeal runner leaving early on a fly ball to the outfield. Time had been called. Pitcher has the ball. Coach tells him to throw to third base and appeal running leaving early and pitcher complies before I put the ball into play.. I state to DC that ball has to be put into play first. Ball put into play and the appeal is made. I believe at the time that I followed procedure, but I thought that you can not make an appeal twice. Comments please?

[jjb]

He didn't. Since you can't appeal when the ball is out of play, he didn't make an appeal, until the ball was in play. Therefore, he only made one.

[blindumpire99]

If this were a FED game, there are 2 types of appeals. Dead ball and live ball.

Given your situation, the coach actually made a correct dead ball appeal. Had the ball been live, all anyone would have had to done was make a verbal statement apealing the runner leaving too early or tagging the runner or the bag for the appeal to be successful, without the ball ever being "killed".

I believe under OBR (brain farts R Us today) the ball would have to be live to make an appeal...

[treedog24]

If this were a FED game, there are 2 types of appeals. Dead ball and live ball.

Given your situation, the coach actually made a correct dead ball appeal. Had the ball been live, all anyone would have had to done was make a verbal statement apealing the runner leaving too early or tagging the runner or the bag for the appeal to be successful, without the ball ever being "killed".

I believe under OBR (brain farts R Us today) the ball would have to be live to make an appeal...

Your right on the dead ball part in FED but I believe live ball appeals are just like OBR in FED in that they must make the play; they can't verbal on a live ball. :(