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Coach's opps
Del-Blue, what happened to me was this....Top of 3, home team taking the field, 1st base coach on way back to dugout says "Blue, #11/Sue Smith will be going in for #2/Ann Williams. OK, I report change to visitors bench and fields score book ( this was a national qualifier). Warm up pitches are done by this point, throw down has taken place, I'm putting my mask on ready to take my position behind the catcher...the third base coach from the home team yells for time (I assume the 3rd base coach is the Head coach), I stop play as the coach comes towards me and he says his partner has made a mistake..#11/Sue Smith is suppose to be going in for #3/Becky Jones. I say sorry coach, the change has already taken place and been reported. He's not happy, more with his partner, and the original change stands...Did I do right? Does the fact that no pitch has taken place mean anything. Is this a correctable change because no batting change has taken place as the team was going onto defense? If a home team makes a change and the visiting team never catchs it before the home team corrects it it is nothing but a screw-up, does that apply here? I might be rehashing something in my mind far to much also. :-)
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