Correctable Error?

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Originally Posted by mcrowder

It's only irrelevant if you make assumptions. I was considering a legal player, in uniform, set up in the coach's box. He's not due up for a while, but he's in the lineup. After noticing that no one was looking his way, he steps on base, and stays there for a legal pitch. By your logic, since no one protested or noticed, you would leave him there. I say that's nonsense.

In a way I did assume...when picturing this situation in my head I was picturing it on the pro level...where the base coach would definitely be in uniform, but clearly not a player on the line-up card.

I don't know LL...but still in your situation, at least under FED, if the coach was a legal player, the coach (now player) would be either an "unannounced substitute" or an "illegal substitute". Again, in OBR and FED, there are rules that directly cover this situation...which is not true for the original situation given in this thread.

And if I remember my FED rules correctly (I've been doing all OBR since mid-May) an illegal substitute can be discovered and dealt with at anytime...not just immediately before the next pitch, play or attempted play. Thus, I don't think this is a good example in support of your argument.

Again, I can't speak for LL.