NFHS Rules, Designated Hitter Rule

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Originally Posted by mbyron

That said, I'm fairly confident that around here everyone would expect the umpires to bend the rules a little and allow the DH to bat in the spot vacated by the injured player. You know, "it's for the kids, blue," "aw, let 'em play, blue..." etc. etc.

Around here no one would expect the umpire to bend the rules. However, I did work a game this year where one team only had 9 to start, one got injured in the first inning. The opposing coach said he would prefer not to have an out called everytime that position came to bat, and we allowed that. Two private schools playing with no conference championship at stake.