DP / Flex strategy
 

Hi All - need some help. Have a pitcher who coach does not want to play on offense at all. So he flex's her. So a couple of questions on how to do this so that he can re-use this pitcher after she has left the mound.

Q1: If Flex, who is the starting pitcher, leaves the game by having DP play defense for Flex, can she re-enter as the pitcher?

Q2: If pitcher is Flex, then substituted for, she has 1 re-entry. Can she reenter as pitcher?

Thanks in advance!

Speaking ASA

Here is the obligatory, "if there is a mound, you are on the wrong field" snippet
Unless she had been removed from that position by rule, yes.

Same as above.

Substitutes deal with offensive position ONLY. And unless, as noted above, the pitcher has been removed by rule or it is a co-ed game, there are zero restrictions on what defensive position a player takes.

Q1 4-3E - considered a substitution, rules specifys that it applies to any Defensive position

Q2 4-3G

so answer to both is yes

And has anyone here ever seen the situation covered in 'E'? IMHO, to me, that is ASA over complicating it...but thats just me!

Yet another snide comment to a person who doesn't regularly post. Really not necessary. Doesn't add anything to the conversation. You should really get over yourself.

She can re-enter to pitch and can do so by one of two options:

1. She can re-enter into the Flex position, and the DP or some other player in the 1 - 9 lineup will now play offense only; or

2. The DP can be removed from the lineup and the Flex will assume both defensive and offensive roles (though I understand your post to clearly state that the team doesn't want her to play offense also).

In codes that require the reporting of defensive changes, the coach must articulate how he/she is making the change.

Not So
 

If a coach changes F3 with a player on the bench who has not been in the game, this is a substitution and it better be reported otherwise it is an unreported substitute.

Pot calls kettle black!


The plot thickens:eek:

That's correct, but what will the coach report, and how will you record that?

Via the line-up card, or batting order, thus offense! After the entry F3 can become F whatever, but she can only be the B# she was entered for.

its called the power button. theres one on every computer.

This forum has room for a little humor and ribbing of newbies along with vets, and it wasn't in a separate post, the rest was a contribution. :(

So what are you going to do when...
 

[QUOTE=JEL;830408]That's correct, but what will the coach report, and how will you record that?

Via the line-up card, or batting order, thus offense! After the entry F3 can become F whatever, but she can only be the B# she was entered for.[/QUOTE

So what are you going to do when the coach wants to replace the pitcher? You definitely want to know who is playing F1 and F2. Yes you record it on the line-up card but you still do so when the team is on defense. You also have rules governing unreported DEFENSIVE substitutions that you will have to rule on but you wont be able to if you don't keep track of these subs. Yes, you track them on the lineup card, but it is still a defensive substitution.

I thought that the fact that the statement was preceded by the self deprecating remark it was inserted with the proper amount of humor and I found it slightly amusing.
FWIW: I did not feel the "snideness".
And remember it IS a valid statement - just many people who are baseball centric don't realize that. Perhaps the light hearted comment increased the poster's awareness...

For anyone else hunting for it, it's under the UserCP button in the top menu. Today was when I reached my limit, too.

Yes, I'm well aware of that. NEVER stated that a sub need not report.

The change is for the player in F3's position on the line up card. Where they play on defense, unless restricted by rule, is irrelevant.

[QUOTE=rwest;830464]I will let him replace whichever defensive player he wants! He needs to tell me only where that player will bat, not which defensive position they will play.

Yes, I do want to know who was the last F1 and F2 for CR, and also for a couple other reasons for F1 only, but there is no requirement for the coach to tell you that.

I know you understand it, I just wasn't sure you understood Mikes first reply.