[greymule]

The only problem I've ever experienced with batting out of order has occurred when the infraction is called to my attention but nobody appeals. For example, the offensive coach comes out and informs me that his player has batted out of order. It goes like this: "Blue, number 7 just batted and we skipped over number 6. What do we do?" Now the defensive coach comes out asks what's going on. The offensive coach explains what happened, and the defensive coach then asks me, "Yeah, what do we do?"

With both coaches standing there, I can't very well instruct the defensive coach that he has to appeal. This has happened half a dozen times over the past few years.

I also had this one in a tournament. "Blue, number 4 just batted and we skipped over number 3. They thought it was the lineup from the last game. Can number 4 take her at-bat now?" The defensive coach heard this and simply waited for me to make a decision, so I said, "No, she missed her at-bat."