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Originally Posted by yawetag
You're saying a coach can't come to you while they're at bat and say he's replacing a player in his lineup, even if that player isn't at bat or on base?
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Yes. I would tell the coach to let me know of the substitution when it occurs. The prohibition on projected substitutes is absolute.
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Quote by bbsbvb83:
I do not see this as a projected substitution. My idea of a projected substitution is in bold below:
Coach: "Blue, I'm sending # 1 in to pinch run for # 2 at second base. # 2 will re-enter."
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That certainly is a projected substitution, but there are others.
First of all, NAMES are dispositive with respect to the batting order (and, by inference, substitutions). Substitutes don't "go into the 6-hole" or "go in to catch," they replace another player. In the OP, the coach said "Jones batting for Smith, " but Smith's spot was 2 spots removed from the position currently at bat. If you accept the (projected) substitution, and Jones now comes to bat, now you DO have a BOO mess.
If you call it a projected substitution, it becomes an erasure because it was not allowed to be made - it never happened - and you just put the proper batter up.
When Jones entered the batter's box, he became an unannounced (legal) sub for whomever was due up.