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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
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Originally posted by David Emerling
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Originally posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE
..and just to cover all the bases in your situation,
After Felicity(?? where have you seen a Felicity lately??) has run for Donna, PATTY can bat the next time up,and Donna still has her re-entry rights.....
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I decided to use a bizarre name to get your attention. It worked! [g]
You bring up an interesting point with your last statement.
If things happen as you say, "After Felicity has run for Donna, PATTY can bat the next time up, and Donna still has her re-entry rights...."
If Donna re-enters, could she enter as the FLEX, allowing Patty to continue to bat in the #3 spot?
David Emerling
Memphis, TN
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No, a player reentering must always reenter at the same position in the batting order. A starter and any sub which assumed that players position in the batting order cannot be in the line-up at the same time.
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But we don't really consider the 10th spot as a "position in the batting order", do we? It's just an administrative "holding area" to acknowledge the fact that there is a 10th player involved in the game. Afterall, the 10th player's "position in the batting order", should she bat, is actually somewhere else.
So, if Donna reenters as the FLEX, isn't her "position in the batting order", should she ultimately bat, still remain as it was originally when she started the game? In the example being discussed, the DP is batting 3rd. That means, any FLEX player would also have to bat in the 3rd spot. So, by reentering as FLEX, Donna isn't really reentering in a
different spot in the batting order - is she?
I'm not arguing with you. You are probably right. I'm just pointing out how I could see that somebody
COULD interpret Donna's reentering the game as the FLEX to
not necessarily violate the principle that reentering players must resume their original spot in the order.
David Emerling
Memphis, TN
[Edited by David Emerling on Jan 20th, 2005 at 04:23 PM]