DEFO bats out-of-order

[Dakota]

Originally posted by David Emerling
Personally, I'd like to see an official interpretation on this because it is very common for the DEFO to bat as if she were the tenth batter.

I get the impression that this is not been considered (yet?) by the arbiters of ASA rules interpretation.

Personally, I have yet to see the situation of the DEFO innocently coming to bat as B10, although I have disallowed a coach from bringing the DEFO up to bat for a player other than the DP, but that was in response to the coach telling me "#23 is coming in to bat for #19" - and I check the line up card and tell the coach he can't do that.

If it does happen, my interpretation will be that the DEFO is coming in for B1 as an unannounced illegal batter, not BOO. And then, if DEFO gets on base, and a pitch is thrown, then go from there with DQ's and BOO's, recognizing that at that point, the DEFO's "at bat" is now legal, even though the DEFO herself is not. Therefore, B2 is due up, not B1.