Softball

[Gulf Coast Blue]

Dan......

I am kicking myself right now....because we had our COPE meeting on Wednesday night and this exact scenerio came up. I looked in my notebook and the sheet I took notes on was missing (all three daughters claim innocence.....but I will find the culprit...lol).

I believe that the answer was 1st time warning......2nd time, Out and disqualification.

If this puts the team short......then they will play short in the field and receive an out every time this position comes to bat.

I hope I did not butcher this one. I do not have the FED 2001 book in front of me, but the 2001 case book says that

NFHS casebook play3-1-7-b (this deals with an injury)

should a player be forced to leave the game, that team will not have to foreit. That team may continue playing. However, an out will be declared each time it is that player's turn at bat. Once a team plays with one less player, it may never resume playing the game with the number of players that started the game.

I will find out if this is correct in the next day or two and if I screwed it up....will print a seperate retraction.

Joel