Double Switch??

[JEL]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Well, I guess I'll ask, what is a "double switch"?

May not have it correct, but I have always thought that (in NL w/o DH) a manager would change the pitcher who may be due to bat next inning, and a position player who batted last inning. Put the new pitcher in the slot where he won't be called on for a trip to the plate next inning, and the position player in the ex-pitchers batting slot.

I never knew this to be a "Double Switch Rule", just a way to keep a relief pitcher from having to bat. Wouldn't want to strain (or injure) a pitcher earning a gazillion bucks agame by having him do something as mundane as batting!

It would be legal to do this in the softball game, but with the DP/FLEX rule, re-entry rule, and also the fact that most pitchers hit as well as the rest of the team, the double switch is rare.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by JEL

May not have it correct, but I have always thought that (in NL w/o DH) a manager would change the pitcher who may be due to bat next inning, and a position player who batted last inning. Put the new pitcher in the slot where he won't be called on for a trip to the plate next inning, and the position player in the ex-pitchers batting slot.

I never knew this to be a "Double Switch Rule", just a way to keep a relief pitcher from having to bat. Wouldn't want to strain (or injure) a pitcher earning a gazillion bucks agame by having him do something as mundane as batting!

It would be legal to do this in the softball game, but with the DP/FLEX rule, re-entry rule, and also the fact that most pitchers hit as well as the rest of the team, the double switch is rare.

Speaking ASA

Since the only place where being a pitcher on offense is recognized is as it pertains to a courtesy runner, and with the participation rules Jel noted, I would agree that there is no real need, let alone a rule, for such a thing in softball.

For that matter, I find it hard to believe there is a "rule" pertaining to such a thing in baseball.

[Skahtboi]

Something tells me, that if the OP is expecting a rule to apply to it, they are not talking about what you two are talking about. Though I agree with the both of you about what traditionally a "double switch" is.