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Old Tue Jun 26, 2018, 04:53pm
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When it gets tricky is when the coach wants that "bench" player to go in for the flex. Now the DP is playing defense for the flex and the batting order has gone from 10 to 9.
Hopefully, no umpires take that literally.
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Old Wed Jun 27, 2018, 10:54am
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Hopefully, no umpires take that literally.
What is happening here is that the "bench" player is back on defense, but the FLEX is on the bench, so the DP is technically playing defense for the FLEX and the FLEX has left the game.
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Old Wed Jun 27, 2018, 11:03am
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What is happening here is that the "bench" player is back on defense, but the FLEX is on the bench, so the DP is technically playing defense for the FLEX and the FLEX has left the game.
Exactly what I hoped everyone would see.
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