Returning Starter

Saltydog · #1 (**permalink**) Tue May 10, 2005, 09:02pm

Is it written somewhere, and if so where, that only the starting pitcher can return to the mound... and then only once? I've read my OBR book until I'm almost blind. Our local league rules say only the starter can come back, but doesn't seem to place a limit on how many times. Maybe this is just in the 'tribal lore' folder? Anyway, ANY inputs/comments welcomed... esp if one is a reference:-). Oh, level of play is Cal Ripken, Minor League, ess. 9-10 y/o. OBR.
Thanks,
SD

jicecone · #2 (**permalink**) Tue May 10, 2005, 09:21pm

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Originally posted by Saltydog
Is it written somewhere, and if so where, that only the starting pitcher can return to the mound... and then only once? I've read my OBR book until I'm almost blind. Our local league rules say only the starter can come back, but doesn't seem to place a limit on how many times. Maybe this is just in the 'tribal lore' folder? Anyway, ANY inputs/comments welcomed... esp if one is a reference:-). Oh, level of play is Cal Ripken, Minor League, ess. 9-10 y/o. OBR.
Thanks,
SD

Only once per inning. OBR 3.03 2nd paragraph

DG · #3 (**permalink**) Tue May 10, 2005, 10:05pm

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Originally posted by Saltydog
Is it written somewhere, and if so where, that only the starting pitcher can return to the mound... and then only once? I've read my OBR book until I'm almost blind. Our local league rules say only the starter can come back, but doesn't seem to place a limit on how many times. Maybe this is just in the 'tribal lore' folder? Anyway, ANY inputs/comments welcomed... esp if one is a reference:-). Oh, level of play is Cal Ripken, Minor League, ess. 9-10 y/o. OBR.
Thanks,
SD

Call Ripken is close to OBR. The starter can be removed and returned once per inning. Any substitute pitcher can also be removed and returned in the same inning, once per inning. In summary, any pitcher can be removed and returned once per inning.

In all my years, I have never seen this happen. I have seen pitchers removed and return several innings later, but never in the same inning.

Saltydog · #4 (**permalink**) Tue May 10, 2005, 10:37pm

I had looked at 3.03 and thought I must be missing something somewhere. So if I have this right, if I had a new pitcher starting off in the 2nd and he got in trouble I could bring my starter back in, then the next inning when the kid that started in the 3rd got into trouble I could again bring my ace back in and keep doing this right up until he had pitched 6 innings!? We had a manager essentially do this the other night and I was hoping to OOO it.
thanks,
SD

DG · #5 (**permalink**) Tue May 10, 2005, 10:45pm

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Originally posted by Saltydog
I had looked at 3.03 and thought I must be missing something somewhere. So if I have this right, if I had a new pitcher starting off in the 2nd and he got in trouble I could bring my starter back in, then the next inning when the kid that started in the 3rd got into trouble I could again bring my ace back in and keep doing this right up until he had pitched 6 innings!? We had a manager essentially do this the other night and I was hoping to OOO it.
thanks,
SD

Yep. Why don't you just pitch your ace? If you getting into this much trouble it has bound to lead to some runs scored.

Saltydog · #6 (**permalink**) Tue May 10, 2005, 11:02pm

DG,
That was a hypothetical I in my last post. I have three pretty consistent pitchers. I had just observed a fellow coach the other night that kept bringing his ace back in everytime his pitcher got in trouble, or the other team started a come back. Just didn't seem 'right'... but looks like it was legal. But hey, he still has to abide by 0.06 Pitching Limitations, so if he overuses him in one game he'll pay in the next.
Thanks for the clarification,
SD