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Old Wed May 07, 2014, 10:54am
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Agree with the others.

A couple of years ago, I got "victimized" by a coach who felt he could do that switch. What he initially reported to me as his FLEX was coming to bat was that she was going to hit for the DP. Perfectly legal. But then during the next half-inning, I notice that the player who just caught a fly ball in left field was the former DP (she was quite recognizable, given her physical appearance, trust me). When I called Time and went over to ask the coach what was going on, he said he just switched the FLEX and DP so that the FLEX only batted and the DP only played defense.

Oops; sorry coach, that's an unreported substitution. Your DP reentered the game for the FLEX and is playing both offense and defense, and your FLEX is out of the lineup.
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