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Originally Posted by chas
Coach of defense wanted to put the DP in for the Flex(F1), and have the flex move to F7 and F7 to the bench. I know that the DP and Flex can both play defense at the same time but I thought only if DP is playing defense for player other than flex. I let the coach put DP in for flex but had him substitute for F7 thus Flex left the game. Fed rule 3.3.6(e) says that if the DP plays defense for the flex, the flex is considered to have left the game. I guess I need some clarification because I was told I screwed up.
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What the coach wanted to do was legal. The way he said it was completely illegal. He cannot "put the DP in for the FLEX" and have the FLEX remain on the field.
Clearly the coach didn't completely understand it and his confusion caused you to doubt your knowledge of the rule. Join the club!
As a coach, I've made substitutions like this frequently. I just tell the umpire, "We're just making some positional swaps. We're not doing any substituting." He nods his head and life goes on. No need to even get out the pen.
If he wants to know more than that ... he can ask.
We generally did this when the current pitcher started to struggle and we wanted to start warming up the relief pitcher who may have been the left-fielder. We just sent the DP out there to play left field and bring the original left-fielder in to start warming up. This is perfectly legal and there is no substituting provided the left-fielder wasn't the FLEX.
David Emerling
Memphis, TN