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Originally Posted by soundedlikeastrike
So your implying the rule reads:
"No pitcher may be substituted after one visit if the same batters at bat."
I and apparently the crew working the OP disagree.
The rule means you can't go out and "visit".
If C is yanking him, I wouldn't consider that a visit.
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Whether you consider it a "visit" or not is irrelevant. A manager/coach cannot make a second trip to the same pitcher while the same batter is at bat. Period. Furthermore, the manager/coach cannot try to circumvent this by just changing his pitcher, even if he does so from the dugout. The at-bat must be completed before the already-visited pitcher can be removed (absent injury or substitute).
The crew working this game didn't disagree; they simply f---ed up.