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Old Wed May 26, 2010, 06:57am
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A. Joe is new DH. Joe can play catcher if he replaces Pitcher he was DH for. DH terminated. New pitcher would need to come in for someone else, likely the batter before Joe. Jones can't be replaced with a new DH. B. Joe can only DH in the original DH hole, can't change.

Double switch is something used in National League because no DH rule. Replace a pitcher and position player at same time so pitcher bats 9th coming up.
OBR 6.10 "The Designated Hitter may be used defensively, continuing to bat in the same position in the batting order, but the pitcher must then bat in the place of the substituted defensive player, unless more than one substitution is made, and the manager then must designate their spots in the batting order."
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