Bat the bench rules

[SamNVa]

Dakota,

I think the state committee had a way out of this situation and for whatever reason didn't take it. Since B1 had not completed her time at bat, the offensive team could have placed B10 in the box at any time with no penalty and merely have her assume the current count. She has not been officially skipped until B1 completes her turn at bat. Someone in the state office really tanked that decision.

I hope the jerk went on to lose the rest of his games, but probably not.

If I might add a statement to your rule as written:

This rule is intended to cover intentional acts by the team on offense to deny a player their turn at bat. It does not supercede the normal BOOT rule in such cases where the BOOT rule is applicable.

--Sam

[Edited by SamNVa on Oct 5th, 2001 at 12:14 PM]