Tue Jun 12, 2007, 10:37am
|
|
Official Forum Member
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Little Elm, TX (NW Dallas)
Posts: 4,047
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by bluezebra
David is DHing for Zak, the pitcher. David and Zak are locked into the same spot in the batting order. When Zak enters the game as a batter, he MUST do so in the 4-spot in the batting order, which means David is no longer in the game (but may return, but only in the 4-spot, and for Zak). When Zak, the defensive player who was DHed for, enters the game on offense, there is no longer a DH.
If Zak bats in the 3-spot, he's BOO.
Bob
|
Except that there IS no player in the 3-spot ... and if both these players are in the game at the same time, it's not a BOO situation, it's an illegal sub situation.
__________________
"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
|