Knowing who is up to bat

[Manny A]

Originally Posted by youngump

The thread on projected substitution got me wondering. Do most of you usually have an idea who is up to bat? If the coach came up to me and said I want to bat 30 for 20 in the 5 spot, I'd have no idea if that was 9 spots away or due up. Should I be paying more attention to that?

If you ask the coach, "Is 30 up to bat now?" he says, "No", and you say, "Then when 30 is actually coming to the plate, that's when you can let me know of your change," then you won't have to worry about it.

[bluejay]

Good grief!!

[youngump]

Originally Posted by Manny A

If you ask the coach, "Is 30 up to bat now?" he says, "No", and you say, "Then when 30 is actually coming to the plate, that's when you can let me know of your change," then you won't have to worry about it.

Really, I wasn't trying to make a case about the projected substitution discussion [I'll do that on the right thread]. It just seemed like a lot of people were suggesting they knew who was coming up to bat and I didn't want to ask on the more contentious thread.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by youngump

Really, I wasn't trying to make a case about the projected substitution discussion [I'll do that on the right thread]. It just seemed like a lot of people were suggesting they knew who was coming up to bat and I didn't want to ask on the more contentious thread.

I get that, but it ties in.

To answer your question without re-diving into the PS discussion...

If you believe as Mike, Atl, several others do, and accept any and all substitutions on the offense regardless of when they are due up ... then you don't care when they are due to bat that inning. You pull out the lineup card, cross off number 20 and write in 30. Done.

If you believe as me, Manny and several others do, then you ask exactly what Manny said you ask, and act accordingly.

My main point in the other thread is that regardless of which you believe to be correct, you can "prove" your way is correct via the rulebook, and you can avoid any issues with coaches, lineups, unreported subs, etc if you are self-consistent across the board on the way you're doing it.

[CecilOne]

SELF-consistent is only 1/2 the battle.