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Old Thu May 10, 2018, 01:31pm
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NFHS - Pitching change

FED rules. Starting pitcher and shortstop switch places after a mound visit with 1 out in the 5th inning.
Under what conditions, if any, may he be allowed to switch back to pitcher with 2 outs in the 7th inning?
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Old Thu May 10, 2018, 08:04pm
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If F1 was removed because of the number of visits, or if R6 required more than 8 warm up pitches, or if F1's return violates some state pitch-count rule, then the second switch is prohibited. Otherwise, it's allowed.
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Old Thu May 10, 2018, 09:39pm
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I would add that if the (original) pitcher was substituted for, and he re-enters in his proper place in the order, he may return to pitch, if he was not removed from the mound due to excess mound visits, or other violations of pitching rules previously mentioned.
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Old Fri May 11, 2018, 06:26am
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I would add that if the (original) pitcher was substituted for, and he re-enters in his proper place in the order, he may return to pitch, if he was not removed from the mound due to excess mound visits, or other violations of pitching rules previously mentioned.
I saw this last night in a state semi-final game. It caused some consternation by the offense, but was properly allowed by the crew.

In FED, a pitcher may leave the mound and return once per *inning*, subject to the restrictions listed above.
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Old Fri May 11, 2018, 01:29pm
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So as long as the pitching change occurs after the 1st or 2nd charged conference, its legal. After the 3rd of more charged conference, not permitted (rule 3 sec 4 art 1...After three charged conferences in a seven-inning game, or for any charged conference in excess of one in each extra inning, the pitcher shall be removed as pitcher for duration of the game.) ...not permitted. Correct?
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Old Fri May 11, 2018, 02:34pm
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Removing a pitcher does not count as a trip for the purposes of the charged conferences rule, so it might not be surprising to see a formerly-removed pitcher return to the mound, if he is still allowed to by pitch-count or other considerations.
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Old Fri May 11, 2018, 08:11pm
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So as long as the pitching change occurs after the 1st or 2nd charged conference, its legal. After the 3rd of more charged conference, not permitted (rule 3 sec 4 art 1...After three charged conferences in a seven-inning game, or for any charged conference in excess of one in each extra inning, the pitcher shall be removed as pitcher for duration of the game.) ...not permitted. Correct?
There's a couple things going on here. If a coach or player requests time and is granted it to confer, that's a conference if they don't change pitchers. After 3 (or 1 in extras), they'd have to change pitchers every time. That's where all the rules you quoted come into play.

HOWEVER, if the shortstop and the pitcher merely switched positions without delaying the game (having time called, taking more than 20 seconds to deliver the next pitch, etc), then that's a whole different thing. That's not a conference, and the pitcher not only could do that every inning, but could even come back to pitch that inning. But could only return to pitcher once per inning. So there's the conference provision (by far the most common) but if they just quickly switch positions in some pre-planned rotation without calling time or otherwise delaying, then we're fine.
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