Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Dakota
It is not complicated at all. It is not unusual to come across coaches or players who treat the FLEX as a 10th batter. And from there, everything is following the rules...
|
I can't resist saying this: If the FLEX had been listed on the lineup card
alongside the DP, then this would never have happened.
This is one of the points of the DP/FLEX rule that causes a tremendous amount of confusion, a pseudo 10th spot, that really doesn't exist.
Life would be much simpler if the two players, who can only bat in a particular spot in the order (i.e. the DP & FLEX), were actually listed
in that spot.
* * *
The originator of the post made a point of saying that the DP did
not bat in the #1 spot. Would it have really mattered if the DP actually was batting in the #1 spot?
David Emerling
Memphis, TN