apparently, a local HS team has essentially been running TWO DP/FLEX in their games all season.
Caught by the opposing team in the last game of the regular season schedule.
(but verified it also occurred in previous games by analyzing Gamechanger plays, and live game video).
The umpires imposed no penalty during the game it was brought to their attention.
I'm pretty sure the Umps made the offending team correct the situation by inserting the "legal" player in the field,
or to record the substitution at the time the rules violation was brought to their attention,
but no further penalty was imposed.
In a nutshell:
1. Lineup indicated DP/FLEX.
2. The declared DP/FLEX was used properly.
3. FLEX played in the field every inning, and did not bat. DP batted each time her slot came up in the lineup and may have played the field at various times during the game.
4. Batting order was followed according to the lineup card.
5. A Bench Player played the field every inning for a different Batter in the Lineup who was not DP.
6. This Bench Player never batted.
7. This substitution was never reported.
From a Scorer's standpoint, most don't really verify jersey numbers in the field.
Unreported substitutions are more commonly detected when a team is batting (lineup card discrepancies).
But when that unreported substitution only happens on defense, and the correct batter hits in the correct slot in the lineup,
this is much more difficult to notice.
Question: What is the proper penalty for this violation?
Thanks...
Caught by the opposing team in the last game of the regular season schedule.
(but verified it also occurred in previous games by analyzing Gamechanger plays, and live game video).
The umpires imposed no penalty during the game it was brought to their attention.
I'm pretty sure the Umps made the offending team correct the situation by inserting the "legal" player in the field,
or to record the substitution at the time the rules violation was brought to their attention,
but no further penalty was imposed.
In a nutshell:
1. Lineup indicated DP/FLEX.
2. The declared DP/FLEX was used properly.
3. FLEX played in the field every inning, and did not bat. DP batted each time her slot came up in the lineup and may have played the field at various times during the game.
4. Batting order was followed according to the lineup card.
5. A Bench Player played the field every inning for a different Batter in the Lineup who was not DP.
6. This Bench Player never batted.
7. This substitution was never reported.
From a Scorer's standpoint, most don't really verify jersey numbers in the field.
Unreported substitutions are more commonly detected when a team is batting (lineup card discrepancies).
But when that unreported substitution only happens on defense, and the correct batter hits in the correct slot in the lineup,
this is much more difficult to notice.
Question: What is the proper penalty for this violation?
Thanks...
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