Pitcher Re-entry after Pinch Run

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Originally posted by BayouUmp
Under Dixie Boys/Majors (which follows OBR with noted exceptions), rule 8.95 states "Any pitcher being replaced on the mound by another pitcher cannot return to the mound."

Is pinch running considered 'replacement'?

Dixie Major WS yesterday, S. Carolina's pitcher was not allowed to return to the mound after he was pinch-ran for in the preceeding 1/2 inning. S. Carolina protested, but umpires decision was upheld by protest committee...rumblings after the game was that protest committee was wrong.

Thoughts?

I don't have a Dixie rule book, so I might be totaly wrong on this. But I think the that they got this one wrong. The rule says "replaced on the mound for another pitcher." I assume that they don't allowed projected subutitions, so while the team in on offnese, no one may be declared the pitcher. F1 was never replaced on the mound, he just left the game.