DH batting requirements

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by ejh69

In this league they are supposed to play pretty much straight OBR rules with the only real deviation being the NCAA slide or avoid rule. It is definitely not a laid back league as it is pretty competitive. Sometimes "working it out" with the managers is having the umpires deciding on the outcome versus the managers agreeing.

In this example, we allowed the DH to be replaced at the plate by the starting pitcher but I was not sure if that was really correct or not. The defensive team did not like the decision but did not push the issue too hard. I was just hoping to get everyone's take on whether our ruling was correct or not.

Ed

Sure, they didn't like it, but what would they rather have? The DH in the line-up wasn't at the game, so it's pretty hard to "force" him to bat.

The rule was put in place because managers would list yesterday's pitcher as the DH and then substitute him with a different hitter depending on the situation when the DH was first supposed to bat.