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""(There really are 2 different #13's on the bench at the start of the game but no official rosters or lineup cards that would make that clear before the start of the game.)""
Did they make right call?
They made the wrong call right at the begining of the game by not getting the lineup cards from each team. RULE 1, covers this. This could have been prevented starting with the pre-game.
Not only that but the pinch hitter checked into the game you said. That must have been with a cermonial nod because the PU had no lineup card to look at. I find it very hard to belive that nobody could remember which #13 batted in the previous inning.
Now if the umpires agreed that they player was an illegal substitute, (which seems as though they did), then the player was not only out , but also ejected from the game. Any outs recorded on the play remain and now we only have one #13 in the game. That is the fault of the umpire, because they did'nt get a lineup at the begining of the game and checkit during the substitution.
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