Wiffle ball flap settled by big-league umps

They take their wiffle ball very seriously in Kalamazoo, Mich.

As CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano reported on "The Early Show on Saturday Morning," Steve Everett risked his day job in the final inning of a men's wiffle ball league game, tumbling over the outfield fence to make an apparent catch that would have robbed a batter of a game-tying home run.

But was it? The opposing team disagreed that Everett - who nabbed the ball as it sailed over the fence - had caught it in the field of play. Googling the Kalamazoo Wiffleball League regulations for a ruling did not clarify the matter.

But Everett was able to reach the cell phone of major league umpire Bill Welke, a Kalamazoo native.

The 27-year-veteran was preparing for a game in San Diego.

He put the call on speaker phone, so he and his fellow crew members could make a ruling on the play from more than 2,000 miles away.

They called the batter - out.

"If a fielder catches a ball, then goes out of bounds it is then ruled a catch (out), and if there are runners on base, the runners move up one base," Welke said.

The Kalamazoo Gazette carried complete details.