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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Well, I guess I'll ask, what is a "double switch"?
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May not have it correct, but I have always thought that (in NL w/o DH) a manager would change the pitcher who may be due to bat next inning, and a position player who batted last inning. Put the new pitcher in the slot where he won't be called on for a trip to the plate next inning, and the position player in the ex-pitchers batting slot.
I never knew this to be a "Double Switch Rule", just a way to keep a relief pitcher from having to bat. Wouldn't want to strain (or injure) a pitcher earning a gazillion bucks agame by having him do something as mundane as batting!
It would be legal to do this in the softball game, but with the DP/FLEX rule, re-entry rule, and also the fact that most pitchers hit as well as the rest of the team, the double switch is rare.