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Originally Posted by rbmartin
Would the situation in the OP, in your opinion, be considered an improper batter and thus covered by rule 6.07 or is this a completely different animal? Keep in mind, the batter did resume his rightful place in the batting order.
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An improper batter has to be in the lineup already.
When someone not in the lineup (in this case, the original starter) bats in place of someone, it is an issue of substitution.