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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn
I suppose that if the scorekeeper in this game was neutral and someone we could trust was completely accurate, then the correct ruling would be restricting at the point the infraction was caught, even after the fact.
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Which is the rule in
PONY...
Rule 4 Sec.5 Offensive Unreported Substitutes: If a substitute enters the game without reporting, the following shall apply:
c. If the unreported substitute is discovered after completing her turn at bat and after the next pitch:
(1) She is declared an ineligible player
(2) Called out.
(3) Restricted to the bench.
(4) Any advance by base-runners while the ineligible batter was at bat, is legal.
(5) Manager shall be removed from the game.
PLAY Jones a legal substitute, enters the game in the third inning unreported. In the fifth inning, the opponents report this to the umpire.
RULING The player (Jones) is immediately removed, declared an ineligible player and restricted to the bench. All play by or on Jones is legal. A legal substitute must be reported into the game. Manager is removed from the game.
Earlier this season, the PONY National UIC sent out an approved ruling that in a case like that in the OP, where the Flex (unreported) entered the game offensively and hit for a player other than the DP.
The AR was that this was to be considered an
ineligible player situation, not a BOO; and Rule 4 Sec.5 would apply.