[AtlUmpSteve]

There's another part of this, I believe, that no one is addressing. Yes, the FLEX was an illegal player/sub, who batted after the 9th batter, as long as the batter who is listed next, #1, isn't the DP. When leadoff hit next, rather than #2, that is also an illegal player/sub, as re-entering the game unreported in the 2nd batting position, which the defense has just appealed prior to the next pitch!!

We now have two illegal players, both of whom need be DQ'd; without a legal sub, we are playing shorthanded.