Injury Sub

[Chess Ref]

ASA rule set.....It was a friendly tourney, reasonably so anyway.

Team has 12 players, straight nine line-up........Top of the 4th team subs out the first 3 batters.

Top of the 5th ,player batting in the 5 spot ,gets hurt and cannot continue.

At this point does that team now have to play short-handed because the 3 players on the bench can't sub in for the 5th batter ?

It's the first time this has happened in one of my games and was a little wobbly on this sitch........

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Chess Ref

ASA rule set.....It was a friendly tourney, reasonably so anyway.

Team has 12 players, straight nine line-up........Top of the 4th team subs out the first 3 batters.

Top of the 5th ,player batting in the 5 spot ,gets hurt and cannot continue.

At this point does that team now have to play short-handed because the 3 players on the bench can't sub in for the 5th batter ?

It's the first time this has happened in one of my games and was a little wobbly on this sitch........

Unfortunately, well... Yeah. Coach took a gamble and lost by not holding onto a sub.

However, some leagues and friendly tourneys may have provisions for something like this, but they would have gone over it at the umpire's meeting in the morning.

[Chess Ref]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

, but they would have gone over it at the umpire's meeting in the morning.

Wow you have umpire meetings in the morning. We pretty much have to show up early and decipher the tourney rules and go at from there......

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by Chess Ref

Wow you have umpire meetings in the morning. We pretty much have to show up early and decipher the tourney rules and go at from there......

Wow, you have tourney rules

My investigative powers are much around the end of summer.

[SRW]

Our fall friendly tourneys are like this - the teams can use an ASA lineup or they can bat their entire roster in attendance. Most choose the later.

If they choose to use the ASA lineup, then they suffer the issues that come with it. If they choose to bat their entire lineup, then they have to bat everyone... but if someone is injured, we remove that person and "shrink" it with no penalty, until they hit 8 players.

So in reference to the OP, sorry coach, you have no available substitutes. You're at 8 and have to play shorthanded.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by SRW

Our fall friendly tourneys are like this - the teams can use an ASA lineup or they can bat their entire roster in attendance. Most choose the later.

If they choose to use the ASA lineup, then they suffer the issues that come with it. If they choose to bat their entire lineup, then they have to bat everyone... but if someone is injured, we remove that person and "shrink" it with no penalty, until they hit 8 players.

So in reference to the OP, sorry coach, you have no available substitutes. You're at 8 and have to play shorthanded.

Yeah, most of our leagues have a provision in the rules that if a player misses their turn at bat due to an injury, it's not an out. It encourages safety and allows teams and players to decide what's best for the injured player who has to go to work the next morning. It's rec ball, guys.