Lineup with a DH

[tarheelcoach]

How do you fill out a lineup card with a DH? Do you just list the 9 batters, and the 10th defensive only player in the 10th spot on the card?

NFHS rules.

Thanks for your help - first game Monday and I don't want to aggravate blue before the game even starts!

[Tim C]

"How do you fill out a lineup card with a DH?"

I don't fill out line-up cards.

I have seen it done a number of ways and none have offended me. Neither Rule 3, 4 or 7 or the case book, or Umpires Manual identify a "correct" way to do this.

I am not "Blue", I am an umpire.

[Bob Lyle]

The way that you're supposed to do it in NFHS is to put both the defensive player and the DH on the same line.

The way that most high school coaches I know fill out their line up cards is to put the defensive player at the bottom of the card and the DH in the hitting position. This is the way that it is done in NCAA and pro ball.

Any blue that gets upset with you over doing it the NCAA way is an overly officious oaf (OOO). Good officials ignore this minor error by the coach. They know what he means. If your umpire makes you change the lineup to the official NFHS method, be careful for the rest of the game. You have an OOO on your hands. More than likely, he will do something else stupid at exactly the wrong time.

[tarheelcoach]

Thanks for your input Bob.

I'll watch out for an OOO!

[Tim C]

Bob Lyle wrote:

"The way that you're supposed to do it in NFHS is to put both the defensive player and the DH on the same line."

And added:

"If your umpire makes you change the lineup to the official NFHS method . . .,"

Bob, please direct me to the rule citation that directs this to be the official Federation system.

Thanks in advance.

[bluezebra]

Originally posted by Tim C
Bob Lyle wrote:

"The way that you're supposed to do it in NFHS is to put both the defensive player and the DH on the same line."

And added:

"If your umpire makes you change the lineup to the official NFHS method . . .,"

Bob, please direct me to the rule citation that directs this to be the official Federation system.

Thanks in advance.

I'm not Bob Lyle, but my name is Bob.

Try reading 3.1.4 (My book is 2003). It states that the fielder and the DH are locked into the same spot in the batting order. Common sense would show that in order to know who the DH is batting for, both names should be in the same slot on the lineup card.

Bob (M)

[Tim C]

That is one of my references but I do not buy your arguement. Sorry.

If an umpire allows a second name to the right of the fielder then that means that there is very little room for multiple subs.

Now I have never even commented on where rats place their DH name . . . I just want to know if there is a rule (not common sense) that is referenced.

Doesn't seem that hard to me.

[bluezebra]

Originally posted by Tim C
That is one of my references but I do not buy your arguement. Sorry.

If an umpire allows a second name to the right of the fielder then that means that there is very little room for multiple subs.

Now I have never even commented on where rats place their DH name . . . I just want to know if there is a rule (not common sense) that is referenced.

Doesn't seem that hard to me.

The DH's name is placed below the fielder's, in the same slot. Most, if not all, lineup cards have two or three lines for each spot in the batting order. I'll illustrate:


NO PLAYERS NAMES POS SUBS

1__22____J. SMITH__________6____ ______________
_________L. BROWN__________DH___ ______________
================================== ==============
2___14____M. JONES__________8___ ______________

__________________________________ ______________

================================== ==============

3____56____k. GREEN__________2___ ______________

__________________________________ ______________

================================== ==============

Position player is entered onto top line, DH is on second line. Subs go in right-handed column. That way you know who the DH is hitting for. How else would you do it? There is no rule in the book on how to make out the card.
Bob



[Edited by bluezebra on Mar 6th, 2005 at 12:18 AM]

[Roger Greene]

Tim C,
There used to be a rule in Rule 3 (FED) that specifically stated that the DH and defensive player should be listed on the same line. It was removed from the books (baseball and softball) without comment in the mid 80's if I recall correctly. (I wasn't saving old rule books at that time, so I can't give the exact section.)

Roger Greene

[officialtony]

TimC,

You have used the term before.


What is a " rat "?

[Tim C]

The term has been discussed ad naseum on this and other boards.

[GarthB]

Rat noun [AS] certain rodents distinquished from mice by their larger size, differences in teeth and behavior motivated solely by self-interest often to the point of unethical. See: Coach

[Tim C]

Today's true story:

I was wondering about BlueZebra's mention of what line-up card look like.

I got my gear out and went to my "shoe care" bag . . . there was a line-up card from last year --

Yep, that sucker was exactly as Blue tried to diagram . . .

But wait, the other team's card had only single line entries.

Coach "A" had placed his DH directly below the defensive player and Coach "B" had listed his DH as a 10th player with an arrow up to the defensive player.

Thanks BlueZebra for the lead.

[gobama84]

From the 2005 BRD: Page 50, DH Position in the Line-up:
"FED: The DH should be listed below or at the side of the player for whom he bats. (Points of Emphasis, 1990 ed)"

[Tim C]

Thanks bama, I don't have any of CC's books.