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

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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

My thoughts:

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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.

The highlighted portion above is what we did. My PU partner brain-farted at the pregame meeting and he owned it. I doubt he'll make that mistake again. I suggested that the names in the lineup were valid, but the positions were incorrect: a correctable mistake without penalty. 10 batters were listed to start the game. The missed batter was done and gone, nothing anyone can do about it. The (wrong) DP/Flex designations were eliminated, and we finished the game with 10 batting: 9 + 1 EP.

The coach needed a kindergarten lesson on DP/Flex, and thankfully got one from the UIC after the "problem". The funny part was that their scorekeeper knew the lineup rules, and was on "our side" during the fix.