DP / Flex Help!

[marvin]

Originally Posted by NPRIVITOR

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Line Up Card
Num Name Pos
1 Angie 1
2 Barbie 2
3 Casey 8
4 Darla DP
5..9 ...
10 Julie (Flex) 3

Originally Posted by NPRIVITOR

. . .At the start of the first inning, Darla (DP) goes in on defense and plays for Casey. Throughout the entire game, Casey actually stays on the bench for Defense but bats on Offense.

Legal - Darla or whoever is occupying her spot if Darla is substituted for is still the DP. The DP is whoever is in that fourth spot in the lineup.

Originally Posted by NPRIVITOR

. . .So when we come up on offense, Angie hits a single and gets on base. I immediately bring my Flex in to run for her.

Not if the ump is paying attention.

Originally Posted by NFHS Rules

Rule 2, Section 57 ART. 3 . . . Illegal Substitute. An illegal substitute is a player who enters or re-enters the game without eligibility to do so (illegal re-entry); a player who re-enters the game in the wrong position in the batting order; (F.P.) the FLEX who enters the game as a batter or runner in a different position in the batting order than the DP; or a player who violates the courtesy-runner rule.

The DP is Darla (the fourth spot in the batting order)

If you are thinking that the Flex can be a courtesy runner see:

Originally Posted by NFHS Rules

Rule 8, Sect. 9, ART. 3 . . . Players who are currently in the game or have participated in the game in any other playing capacity are ineligible to serve as courtesy runners.

Since a player in the game can't be used as a CR the Flex can not be used as a CR.