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Originally Posted by MGKBLUE
After all the year of umpiring, I still do not understand what this means.
The statement is very vague and ambigious.  |
Not really. It just means if the defense wants to replace the pitcher during the first (faced) batters at bat, they may.
In some rulesets (mostly little ball) the pitcher is required to face at least one batter until their time at bat is complete, injuries to the pitcher excluded.