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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn (Post 959620)

You might want to inform your clinicians of this... as they (ASA) have not been teaching it this way.

"They" are not my anything

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The funny thing is ... I've seen clinicians say you should take a sub on a batter that is sure to come up this inning (batting 1st, 2nd, 3rd at the beginning of a new half inning, for example) but not one that may or may not bat this inning (4th batter of a fresh inning ... or 2nd batter up with 1 out and a runner on, for example)... yet other clinicians simply say the sub must be the NEXT batter and the next batter only.

Just how hard is it for anyone with any experience to understand the coach isn't making a substitution for a batter, pitcher, catcher, etc., but making a substitution for a PLAYER? It cannot be any easier even for the NCAA.

1 out, F9 drops a simple fly ball. A furious coach pulls her and puts in a sub. No problem. But if he waits until the 3rd out and the girls come into the dugout before making the switch, PU is going to say he has to wait until F9 is due to bat before accepting the sub?

That is the NCAA interpretation and what many are arguing. I'll take it one further as an example that was used in the other thread. Coach has dp/flex listed on his lineup. After lineups are verified and exchanged at pregame coach says he is going to drop the dp and have the flex bat. According to their argument, this cannot be accepted until the flex actually comes to bat.