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Originally posted by Rick Vietti
The leagues that do not give the umpire an official lineup card make some of the games interesting. If they are batting everyone, I do not care if I get a lineup card. They can exchange that information between the two teams. I tell them that all I care about is that the score is kept properly.
But what happens when these teams move on to a tournament or they are all star teams from the league, the coaches do not have a clue about substitution. I have these parent/coaches during a tournanment going to each others books to make changes without telling me.
No clue! And then when you tell them that all changes need to go through the plate umpire, they look at you like you are speaking Martian.
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I call regularly for a JO fastpitch rec league. Their league rules are bat the roster and unlimited def. subs. I didn't bother to keep a lineup card until about mid last season. Two 16U teams. Defense (home team) claims BOO. Offense scorekeeper gets together with defense - books don't match. Lots of confusion as to who's on first (etc.) After a few minutes of this, I uphold the appeal (home book is supposed to be official, although I believe the home scorekeeper wrote the lineup down wrong 'cause one kid was completely missing from her book). After that, I bought my own pack of lineup cards and I require the coaches to fill them out.