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[RKBUmp]

FED rules? Thought FED require 9 to start the game? Can end short handed, but cant start shorthanded.

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by RKBUmp

FED rules? Thought FED require 9 to start the game? Can end short handed, but cant start shorthanded.

NY state plays school ball using ASA rules.
Dunno if they made any modifications, but...

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Yeah - ASA with some mods. My partner (who also has been around for a while) and I could not think of NYSSO having a rule about needing nine. AFAWK the ASA rule applied. I sent an email to our interp, just to be safe!

[EsqUmp]

Originally Posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE

Yeah - ASA with some mods. My partner (who also has been around for a while) and I could not think of NYSSO having a rule about needing nine. AFAWK the ASA rule applied. I sent an email to our interp, just to be safe!

You're correct. There is no NYSPHSAA/NYSSO difference here to the ASA rule. Can start or finish with 8 (other than for ejection, of course).

About asking the scorekeeper, though: Why not just note the last person to bat in the previous inning, know who the 8th hitter in the line-up is and take a look at your line-up card? If #22 is the 8th hitter, you know there is an out after her, unless they sub for her...oh wait, they have no subs

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Originally Posted by EsqUmp

You're correct. There is no NYSPHSAA/NYSSO difference here to the ASA rule. Can start or finish with 8 (other than for ejection, of course).

About asking the scorekeeper, though: Why not just note the last person to bat in the previous inning, know who the 8th hitter in the line-up is and take a look at your line-up card? If #22 is the 8th hitter, you know there is an out after her, unless they sub for her...oh wait, they have no subs

Well - I was working bases, and I really only did it the first time through - but still...odd...