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In 4-1-D-2-a it states that "Under no circumstances shall a team be permitted to bat less than nine (slow pitch) or eight (fast pitch). In your case yes they could put the flex in to play defense but they must still have a legal sub to put in the ejected players spot in the batting line-up. If the home team evens up the score the visitors will have to bat and will have an empty spot due to ejection. No Legal sub no more play. I got in after WMB and would disagree with that ruling because if I eject someone I'm first of all not going to give an advantage to the offending team and second I'm not able to continue the game until I have a legal sub for the ejected player. That also would mean that any time you ejected someone you wouldn't need a sub until they were at bat. There is no conflict in the rules here. If no substitutes are available the game is a forfeit. Definitions
[Edited by Ed Maeder on Jun 6th, 2004 at 06:30 PM]
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