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Old Tue Sep 21, 2004, 11:43am
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Help me out here, I glance at the ASA Rule Book yesterday just to read on stuff. Had this question come up. I don't know where it is in the book cause I can't find it now.

Question is

If a player is going to out to the diamond (field) and is not the pitcher, he/she thats the ball and pitch the ball to the plate and then leaves to there position. Doesn't that player have to pitch that inning?

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Old Tue Sep 21, 2004, 12:10pm
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ASA, check Rule 6 Section 6 of Slow Pitch regarding warm up pitches.

I did not find anything that said if you pitch a warm up you must pitch to a batter. I think it would be the same as a player taking infield (if allowed) from 3B and playing 2B in the inning.

I did not find anything that states a player replaacing a pitcher must pitch to any batter
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2004, 12:10pm
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If a player is going to out to the diamond (field) and is not the pitcher, he/she thats the ball and pitch the ball to the plate and then leaves to there position. Doesn't that player have to pitch that inning?
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2004, 12:39pm
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If a player is going to out to the diamond (field) and is not the pitcher, he/she thats the ball and pitch the ball to the plate and then leaves to there position. Doesn't that player have to pitch that inning?
No.
What Tom said. The only time ASA restricts the position of a defensive player (and I'm not talking about where the player stands on the field) is when a pitcher has been removed from the position by rule.

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Old Tue Sep 21, 2004, 02:11pm
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Thanks guys for clearing that up for me!
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2004, 08:23pm
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From somewhere came this idea that if a player other than the pitcher throws a warm-up pitch, he has to pitch to the next batter. I've heard teams talk about having that called on them in tournaments. Maybe U-Trip or NSA has that rule.
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Old Tue Sep 21, 2004, 09:28pm
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From somewhere came this idea that if a player other than the pitcher throws a warm-up pitch, he has to pitch to the next batter. I've heard teams talk about having that called on them in tournaments. Maybe U-Trip or NSA has that rule.
I believe NSA and Little League are both based on the "Official Baseball Rules" in regards to this. A substitute pitcher is considered to be the new pitcher when he/she takes their normal position on the pitcher plate. Once they are the new pitcher, they must pitch to the first batter.
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Old Wed Sep 22, 2004, 07:43am
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It's an USSSA rule that if a defensive player pitches a warmup pitch, he/she shall pitch to the first batter of the inning. I can't remember the exact rule citation (don't have my book with me at work).
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