NFHS Rules, Designated Hitter Rule

[DG]

Originally Posted by LDUB

I don't get it. You say that where you live no one would expect the rules to be bent. Then you tell a story about a time when the team asked you to bend the rules....

You certainly don't get it...

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by LDUB

I don't get it. You say that where you live no one would expect the rules to be bent. Then you tell a story about a time when the team asked you to bend the rules....

They didn't expect the rules to be bent, but were pleasantly surprised when DG magnanamously agreed to do it by mutual agreement of both teams. What is so difficult to understand here?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Ump153

Why would you assume such a thing?

No. The two are locked together. Neither one can bat in another spot in the lineup.

Ump153:

I should have ended my sentence with a question (?) mark and not a period (.).

MTD, Sr.

[Ump Rube]

I know that I am a little late to the party on this one (long DH tonight, plus a car on the jogging path near the field made for an interesting night), but here is an idea that I had regarding the DH situation, and I am wondering if this is a valid way of explaining it...

The DH and the player he is batting for are 2 halves of the same "player." They may choose to "overtake" the responsibilities of the other half, but cannot exist separately (as a whole) in the batting order.

Does that seem to cover the situation?