Bat the bench rules

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Originally posted by Dakota
In my state, all ASA sactioned teams, leagues, umpires, etc. outside of the boundaries of the two largest cities are controlled by the a state organization. This includes travel teams, rec teams, fast pitch, slow pitch, ... all of it.

The fall JO fast pitch leagues are a creature of this state organization. It is their rule.

To ge fair, they run a fun, low key fall program. I think they just got tripped up with this rule.

I was hoping some of you guys would have copies of fall rules that conver this bat the bench idea, but would be better written.

We have the same thing here, but only in SP. However, none of the State Umpire staff are involved with the "league rules". Of course, that does not mean that I would not help them out with an interpretation as a courtesy, but not as that of a drop-dead authority since these are not my rules to start.

Based on what has been posted, they still kicked the call. Since there is no detailed definition in the league rule to challenge the question, I would defer to ASA's rule which allows the official batter or her substitute (which would not apply here) to assume the count of the improper batter. The official batter has not vacated her position, nor should be considered removed from the game until at least when the wrong batter completes her turn at bat.

Of course, this is just my opinion, but I believe the defensive coach the TD and the umpires were wrong.