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The sub has to be out to nullify the hit/run.
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If the rule said that the original fellow was out, the action was nullified and the sub was now in the game, then we would do everything exactly the same as we do now. No? (Except that the scorekeeper would put the star for the note on the out in a very slightly different place)
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I really don't understand how anyone can actually read the rule and not come the correct answer
4.6.C: A substitute who enters the game without reporting is considered an unreported substitute Since in the OP the unreported substitute has complete his/her turn at bat, subparagraph 3 applies: When completing a turn at bat and is discovered a. BEFORE the next pitch, legal or illegal b. BEFORE the defense has left the field c. BEFORE the umpires have left the field According to OP, "c" applies so you go to the EFFECT: 1. The unreported substitute is officially in the game and ruled out. (B1 is out, nullifies the run) 2. All other outs that occur on this play stand (n/a in the OP) 3. All other runners will return to the base occupied at the time of the pitch (n/a in the OP) BTW, the rule for 2015 reads the same as the rule for 2016
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19. In the bottom of the seventh inning of a tie game, an unreported substitute for B1 is batting and on the first pitch hits a home run. Before the umpires leave the playing field, the defense notifies the umpires that B1’s substitute did not report. The umpire should rule: a.) B1’s substitute is officially in the game, the run is nullified and B1 is declared out. b.) B1’s substitute’s run counts because there is no penalty for an unreported substitute and the game is over. c.) B1 substitute’s is declared out but the run counts and the game is over. d.) None of the above. Throughout, it is careful to distinguish between B1 and B1's substitute, yet answer choice a) says it is B1 that is out, not B1's substitute.
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Basically you have an reported substitute who finished their at bat when B1 should have batted and then appealed so we have Batting out of order B1 is out. The unreported Sub is now in the game as she has batted Illegally. THis is how I view it by breaking it down.
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Perhaps, but player designations generally do not change during the play scenario description. Given that everywhere else in that question and the various answer choices a clear distinction is made between "B1's substitute" and "B1" as being different players, there IS in fact, something wrong with the wording of the question, IMO. The test taker can reasonably conclude that answer a) is incorrect due to the wording, not due to lack of rules knowledge. In fact, the test taker most likely to view choice a) as incorrect is the test taker who thoroughly DOES know the rules. Hence, the wording of the rule is a problem.
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I think y'all are overthinking the question looking for a booger.
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Disagree. See my reply above. It is not "looking for a booger"; neither is it "overthinking". It is applying the situation as described, with the answers provided, to the rule as written. It is not unreasonable to assume (and it is not overthinking to assume) that the question is written to make the point of exactly which player is out, B1 or B1's subsititute.
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Yes, the answer is straight forward to those well versed in discussions of the rules and some related basics; but not necessarily full of clarity as written. And yes, I have to work on unreported sub rules between books.
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