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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
Yes ... we agree with that. No one is disputing that if the player that incorrectly batted is scheduled up next (as B1 would be if B9 was supposed to bat), you skip that batter. However, you've extended this to skip a FUTURE batter should the player that batted out of order come up to bat later in that inning. I find no support for that anywhere.
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A lot of people keep on referring to the literal interpretation. Where in that rule clarification does it say it had to be the IMMEDIATE proper batter?
Is not a "proper batter" the one scheduled to bat after that batter which precedes him/her in the line up?
You do not take a "proper batter" off the base to hit, why would you bring back the "proper batter" who made a recorded out to come back?
If you want to take it literally......