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OK here is the scenario, my son's team was up 3-2 with 2 outs and a runner on first(my son pitching). Batter grounds out to shorty, ball fielded cleanly and throws to first, field ump calls out...he was right there. Boy's all leave the field. When other coach comes out of dugout and appeals to plate ump that first baseman pulled his foot. Plate ump overturns the call and has the boy's resume the inning. Oh yea, the other team tries to put their runner on third when they come out, I as a spectator think he should be on second and voice my opinion as such, other coach says his runner would've made it there...which I reply "Why stop there? He might of made it home!" Emotions got the best of me, not proud of it. My question is; "Can an appeal be made after both teams leave the field?" And is normal that the plate ump to overturn a call made by another ump who was 3 feet away from the play? And he was 60+?
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All the PU should have done is let the coach talk to the BU. If the BU felt he may have not seen the pull for some reason, then the BU can go to the PU for input. But, the PU doesn't just call the runner safe. It is up to the BU to do that if he feels the PU gave him enough info to prove otherwise. Then, the BU makes the call and the PU shuts up about it.

And, as long as the appeal is made before the next pitch which would be the other team's next pitch, it can be made and players resume their position.

As for placement of the runners, I would only put them where I felt they would've made it on the play. In this case, it sounds like the runner goes to 2B only. I am not moving him a full 90 feet on this kind of play. 20 feet maybe, but not anything I judge to be over halfway away from the next base. He will be going back to the previous base unless forced.

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