FLEX Batting - NFHS

[Dakota]

You're just messin' with our heads here, aren't you WMB?

NFHS rules.

The key to this is which came first, the illegal sub or the BOO?

I said (later retracted) in the other thread that the umpire has to choose one, and I would choose US-BOO because that would keep the player in the game (assuming no hint of shenanigans).

However, WMB pointed out that the rules don't give the umpire the choice. I don't think the rules give the umpire the choice here, either.

Take things one at a time.

Take DP/FLEX out of the picture for a moment.

S1 enters the game for B5 in the 3rd. B5 reenters in the 4th. 5th inning, B4 is due up. S1 comes to bat.

Is this an unannounced illegal sub or an unannounced sub BOO?

S1 comes to bat. Once the ball is live, and S1 is in the batter's box, she is now in the game (3-3-3d).

What is she? She is certainly an unannounced sub. Ok, so now she is legally in the game - where? In the B4 position. This is an illegal sub.

The coach lost his option of having this considered BOO when he did not announce the substitution.

Same in WMB's scenario with DP/FLEX. Once the player enters the batter's box with the ball live, she has taken that position in the game. Illegal sub. No option.