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Originally Posted by parrothead
In a tournament this past weekend, the opposing coach made a mistake and made a trip to the mound which resulted in them having to change pitchers, they swapped the P and the 3B, who had pitched earlier in the game, which no issues there as softball (that I know of unless local rules) there is no limit to bringing a P back.
However, obviously he did not want to do this as the 3B threw one pitch, he went out again and swapped them back. I was always under the impression in a forced sub situation (like P throws warm up pitches or is on lineup card etc) that they had to face/complete one batter.
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It's not apparent whether the coach realized it was his 4th trip out and made the decision to remove the pitcher himself or did not remove and the umpire directed the removal. If the coach made the decision himself, wouldn't he be allowed to bring back the pitcher. If the coach removed the pitcher it would not be a charged conference.