Pitching substitution (OBR)

Jay R

Official Rules of Baseball. The pitcher pitches to one batter and is replaced by the SS. P assumes SS position. After the next batter, the original picher comes back to pitch and the original SS goes back to SS. He is allowed 8 warm up pitches. Is there a limit to the number of times the pitcher and shortstop could be flip flopped in one inning? Would the picher always get 8 warm up pitches everytime?

Jay

DG

Originally posted by Jay R
Official Rules of Baseball. The pitcher pitches to one batter and is replaced by the SS. P assumes SS position. After the next batter, the original picher comes back to pitch and the original SS goes back to SS. He is allowed 8 warm up pitches. Is there a limit to the number of times the pitcher and shortstop could be flip flopped in one inning? Would the picher always get 8 warm up pitches everytime?

Jay

One change per inning. Eight pitches each time.

Jim Krueger

The rule books says eight, but this is one time I would strictly adhere to the one minute time limit

gordon30307

Originally posted by Jim Krueger
The rule books says eight, but this is one time I would strictly adhere to the one minute time limit

OBR there is no time limit.

Rich

Originally posted by gordon30307

Originally posted by Jim Krueger
The rule books says eight, but this is one time I would strictly adhere to the one minute time limit

OBR there is no time limit.

Care to read 8.03?

gordon30307

Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser

Originally posted by gordon30307

Originally posted by Jim Krueger
The rule books says eight, but this is one time I would strictly adhere to the one minute time limit

OBR there is no time limit.

Care to read 8.03?

There may be but never enforced

Jim Krueger

Sorry, I'm in a high school state of mind.

TwoBits

Originally posted by gordon30307

Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser

Originally posted by gordon30307

Originally posted by Jim Krueger
The rule books says eight, but this is one time I would strictly adhere to the one minute time limit

OBR there is no time limit.

Care to read 8.03?

There may be but never enforced

It's enforced on MY field!

I seem to recall hearing that it is enforced at the MLB level as well to better coincide with TV commercials, but as I am not a MLB umpire, I can't confirm this. Maybe somebody there can.

cbfoulds

Originally posted by gordon30307

Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser

Originally posted by gordon30307

Originally posted by Jim Krueger
The rule books says eight, but this is one time I would strictly adhere to the one minute time limit

OBR there is no time limit.

Care to read 8.03?

There may be but never enforced

Originally posted by Jim KruegerSorry, I'm in a high school state of mind.

Don't appologise, Jim; you were right: gordon errored, he just can't bring himself to admit it.

While the one minute rule isn't strictly/ rigidly enforced in my area, OBR or FED, like you, this is one sitch where I'm likely to actually pay attention to how long his "up to" 8 pitches take.

gordon30307

Originally posted by TwoBits

Originally posted by gordon30307

Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser

Originally posted by gordon30307

Originally posted by Jim Krueger
The rule books says eight, but this is one time I would strictly adhere to the one minute time limit

OBR there is no time limit.

Care to read 8.03?

There may be but never enforced

It's enforced on MY field!

I seem to recall hearing that it is enforced at the MLB level as well to better coincide with TV commercials, but as I am not a MLB umpire, I can't confirm this. Maybe somebody there can.

When did you ever see one minute or 8 warm-ups (8 warm-ups yes) ever enforced at the major league level. I beleive there is also a rule that says a pitch must be delivered in a certain period of time. Tell that to Steve Trachsel. When he's pitching I can cut my lawn between pitches and not miss any action.