Cal Ripken Baseball Rule Clarification

[Rich Ives]

How could he be in the field and not the lineup?

Strictly by MLB rules if he was in the field he was an unannoubced sub for whomever was (or was announced as) supposed to be there. No penalty. Whoever should have been there is out of the game.

But I betcha they weren't playing strict MLB rules so without knowing what rules they were using we cannot answer the question.

[bob jenkins]

Just a guess, but maybe they were using a CBO and there's a rule that "anyone who comes late gets added to the bottom of the CBO".

So, the manger turned in a line-up as "A, B, C, (SKIP D) E, F, G, H, I, J, K"

So, If A, B, C make outs in the first, then E is the proper batter to lead off the second. When D appears at the plate, he's batting out of order. The official scorekeeper shouldn't point it out, but once it's discovered, then E takes his proper place, and D gets inserted at the bottom of the order (after K)