Buster, your ruling is correct for batting out-of-order, which is separate from a plain old illegal substitute.
Now, is the situation interpreted as:
- A starter who reentered in the incorrect spot? (Illegal Sub)
- A starter who reentered in the correct spot but batted out of turn? (Batting out of order)
The second interpretation is logically sound but not as obvious as the first item. My point, though, is just to make sure you know whether you are dealing with an illegal substitute or a batting-out-of-order. I'll leave the LL experts to determine this case, but dollars-to-donuts says that its an illegal sub and
not batting-out-of-order.
P-Sz
[Edited by Patrick Szalapski on Jul 12th, 2001 at 04:04 PM]