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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA
I don't think there is any doubt that any situation involving the scenarios included in this thread could turn out to be disasterous and no matter which path the umpire travels, there will many claims and arguments and some unhappy campers.
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I think you're right.
There are several ways to look at this, all of which have a basis in logic, yet have slightly different results.
Personally, I'd like to see an official interpretation on this because it is very common for the DEFO to bat as if she were the tenth batter.
Inexperienced scorekeepers are constantly befuddled by this. The scorekeeper is handed a batting line-up with 10 players and doesn't realize that the "10th batter" is not really in the line-up. Sometimes the players make the same mistake if left to their own devices.
I think it is probably a bad idea to submit the DEFO as the 10th spot in the lineup. I think a better way to do it is to put the DEFO along side the DP's spot in the order. That makes it much more obvious that both players are locked into that spot in the order and makes the type of mistakes like we are discussion less likely to occur.
David Emerling
Memphis, TN