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Originally posted by Dukat
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Originally posted by Dakota
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You have 8 players in the lineup, but only 7 on offense and 7 on defense. Sorry, coach, that's a forfeit.
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Since the FLEX and DP could play defense at the same time you would technically still have 8 defensively but since you still only have 7 offensively it doesn't matter like you said, still a forfeit. Correct?
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Speaking ASA, don't know about Fed, but assume it is similar if not the same. This is all dependent on the absence of the player is not caused by ejection.
Seven is never a possibility. As the ASA rule reads, a team can continue a game "with one less player that is currently in the line-up whenever a player leaves".
I read that to mean the if the FLEX is not in the batting order at the time, the team must finish the game with nine. If the FLEX has replaced the DP in the batting order when the player is missing, the team can finish with eight.
If the DP is out of the game at the time the team goes shorthanded and has a reentry available, she will report and re-enter the game immediately when a player must or opts to leave the game. If the DP elects not to report at that time, she remains ineligible for the remainder of the game.
Unless it was the FLEX (in the line-up on offense) who was the player leaving, an out should be declared whenever the batting position of the absent player is due to bat.