Playing in Babe Ruth tournament next weekend. Part of rules pack states:
"The lineup can consist of an EH, but once the lineup contains 10, the team must finish with 10 in the lineup. Failure to do so, results in a forfeit."
I can't find anywhere in the actual BR rulebook where this is the penalty. I always thought if a player can't bat, she's just ruled out (batting out of order)
Not overly concerned about it, and we'll live with the rule. But for our first pool play game we'll only have 10 players, so if we bat 10 and anyone gets hurt, the result will be a forfeit, which seems a little harsh (and more than the official rule book allows for - and this is official BR state tournament). Can anyone verify that the application is correct?
(I know the obvious solution is to bat 9, and have 1 sub just in case).
"The lineup can consist of an EH, but once the lineup contains 10, the team must finish with 10 in the lineup. Failure to do so, results in a forfeit."
I can't find anywhere in the actual BR rulebook where this is the penalty. I always thought if a player can't bat, she's just ruled out (batting out of order)
Not overly concerned about it, and we'll live with the rule. But for our first pool play game we'll only have 10 players, so if we bat 10 and anyone gets hurt, the result will be a forfeit, which seems a little harsh (and more than the official rule book allows for - and this is official BR state tournament). Can anyone verify that the application is correct?
(I know the obvious solution is to bat 9, and have 1 sub just in case).