player missing on lineup card...

[Rcichon]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

The commissioner should have called Commissioner Gordon and had Batman show him how he screwed the pooch.

My question...what is the commissioner doing interjecting himself into the baseball game to begin with? He has absolutely no authority to stop play. The Umpire-in-Chief is the only one who can "stop play."

So, not only is this commissioner a boob for not knowing the rules, but for not knowing that he had no business on the ball field unless asked by the umpire to rule on a tournament-related issue.

Yeah. Had this happen in a District and later, a Sectional game. Nope, he saw fit to try to halt the game. I called time to advise him to shut his yap and let the Manager do his job. Of course the ensuing question about the player at bat clued everyone in. Pissed off the opposing Manager. And eventually that drew an apology from the Regional DA (in both games).

They've got to train these people better.

As to the OP: If the player is on the Tournament Affidavit, he can play. Period. If they make any decision contrary to that, shut your yap and let the 'offended' Manager protest. Not your job to educate him/her.