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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
From J/R:
[It is a trip if a manager (or his coach)] ...
(e) substitutes a pitcher without a conference.
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I don't have the J/R, but wouldn't that imply that if you changed pitchers between innings (sent a new one out from the dugout to start an inning), then the coach just got hit with a charged conf on the old pitcher?
I do a lot of 12 - 14 games in my area and the league I usually work for goes by OBR. So this thread really got me thinking because it is quite common for a pitcher to be pulled on the 2nd trip and sent to say right field and the RF comes in to pitch. It is also not unusual for a team to be playing with only 9 or 10 players due to vacations.
So if I understand this correctly, a pitcher can be pulled on the 1st trip, sent to another defensive position and come back the next inning and pitch again. But if he is pulled on the 2nd trip, then he is completely out of the game, and if that drops them down to 8 players, we walk off the field and declare a forfeit (our league rules require 9 defensive players at all times).
Wow, that is certainly going to be news to a lot of LL coaches in this league!