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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.