ASA: Extra Players, a batting Flex, and a skipped DP hitter

[AtlUmpSteve]

My thoughts:

Don't see where you said how many players were listed in the lineup, but to have an EH/EP/AP plus DP and FLEX, there needs to be 11 starters listed. (USSSA/USAES allows up to 2 AP's plus DP/FLEX, so that lineup can have 12 starters listed.) Where there?

If 11 are listed, no matter what they list as positions, #11 is the FLEX, and does not bat. And so far has not, so there is not an illegal sub, there are simply defensive changes from the written lineup. And, whomever is listed as DP is the person tied to that FLEX (the one in position #11, not the one with FLEX written next to it.

If only 10 in that lineup, and the 10th player is not the FLEX, then I don't care what they intended, they have an EH/EP/AP and no DP or FLEX. That is the lineup that was accepted, regardless what they thought they were doing. All is good, no illegal subs, no one batting out of order.

Not championship play, move on. If championship play, get a new PU. Regardless, teach the PU what is the minimum necessary to accept a legal lineup to start a game.