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I have a situation that occurred the other night in a varsity game and would appreciate help in getting the correct outcome. I have asked other more experienced officials and the outcome is mixed. Here is the situation.
The coach at the start of the defensive inning sends the DH to the mound and he starts his warmup pitches. The coach comes over the UIC and states the he is putting his DH into pitch and wants to move the pitcher from the 3rd position to the 6th position in the batting order to replace the SS. The UIC tells the coach that both the DH and the pitcher he is hitting for are locked into the 3rd position and he can not make that change. The coach and the UIC straighten out the situation and put the DH in the game at center field and move the center fielder to pitch. My question is that since the DH had already completed his warmup pitches does he have to face one batter before he can move to center field? Was the DH offically the pitcher once he started his warmups or is he the pitcher of record once the changes are made and announced to the other team. It seems that some of the experienced officials feel that the pitcher was not in the game until the changes were made. Others feel that once he completed his warmups he was an unreported sub and was in the game. The ball was never put in play. This was all done between innings. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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planoblue
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