PROTESTS

GENERAL

A decision based on an umpire’s judgment shall offer no basis for protest.

The Home and Visiting Team must each assign two Protest Committee members to decide on protests in Provincial League games. In order for a protest to be lodged, the protesting team must notify the umpire of the request to protest the decision/call before the next pitch, play, or attempted play. If the umpire agrees the protest is legal, the protesting team must provide $100 in cash to the Official Scorekeeper to officially launch the protest. The Protest Committee (4 members) will then be summoned and will hear the protest. The Committee will remove themselves from the area of play to discuss the protest and make a decision (through a majority vote) utilizing the rules of play for Baseball Canada/Baseball Alberta.

If the Committee cannot reach a majority vote on the protest, the Official Scorekeeper will then put all 4 names and their vote on separate pieces of paper and place in a hat, drawing out 3 names. The majority of the votes will then be decided by those 3 names drawn and will be accepted as the Protest Committee decision. If the protest is upheld (protesting team wins the protest), the protesting team will be given their $100 cash back, and the game will resume from the point of stoppage with the new decision taking effect.

If the protest is not upheld (protesting team loses the protest), the $100 will be sent into Baseball Alberta with a copy of the protest report and the game will resume from the point of the stoppage. The Protest Committee must then ensure that the Protest Report is completed and left with the Official Scorekeeper (to be sent in by the Hosting Coordinator with the Game Summary Report to Baseball Alberta). Protest Committee members should be objective individuals with good knowledge of the game of baseball.

PROTESTS – PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The host site shall appoint at least two members to the Protest Committee. The Tournament Director and two members shall deal with all protests and disputes arising in a playoff, and their ruling shall be final and binding.

The Umpire and the Tournament Director in attendance shall be notified, at the time of the alleged infraction, that a protest is being lodged.

A decision based on an umpire’s judgment shall offer no basis for protest.

In reaching its decision on any legitimate protest, the Protest Committee shall meet immediately with the game umpires and the team managers involved in the dispute, with the game remaining in a state of suspension until a decision is made.

No protest shall be considered by this committee unless the prescribed fee of $100 has been paid in cash. This fee shall be returned if the protest is upheld.

Any member of the Board of Directors involved in a protest shall be disqualified from voting on the protest.