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I coached Babe Ruth Bambino (since changed to Cal Ripken) for many years, and also coached Babe Ruth 13-15 and 16-18. I have never known Babe Ruth baseball to allow a game to be completed with 8 players. Years ago, the rule was that if you had used your subs and you had an injured player, you were screwed, so coaches tended to save a player in case of an injury. Then, Babe Ruth got wise and changed the rule to allow re-entry of an already used substitute in the event of an injury. This was one case where an already used substitute could re-enter the game, in a different batting position than what he was in when he was in the game. It is up to the coach of the opposing team to select which already used substitute to enter the game in this case. Ejections have been a different situation. If a player is ejected when you have used all your subs, then you are screwed (ie FORFEIT). Good for Babe Ruth not to change this rule, because that means a coach has not properly coached his players on the impact of ejections. Injuries, he can not prevent, ejections he can. I have a 2002 Babe Ruth rule book, but not a more recent one. I can not find, in the 2002 book, any way to end a game with 8 players.
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