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Originally Posted by JEL
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.
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Speaking ASA
Since the only place where being a pitcher on offense is recognized is as it pertains to a courtesy runner, and with the participation rules Jel noted, I would agree that there is no real need, let alone a rule, for such a thing in softball.
For that matter, I find it hard to believe there is a "rule" pertaining to such a thing in baseball.