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Designated Hitter - American Legion Junior Division
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BullDawg
American Legion - Junior Division:
We are the home team and leading 3-1 into the top of the 7th.
Opposing team substitutes their DH #4 hitter in their lineup for their catcher #9 hitter in their lineup.
The player who the DH was hitting for moves from right field to left field - position change only along with a couple other position changes.
NOTE: THE CHANGES WERE NOT CLEARLY PRESENTED TO THE SCOREKEEPER. WHAT WAS SAID WAS WE ARE DROPPING OUR DH, DH WOULD GO TO CATCHER POSITION AND OTHER POSITION CHANGES.
Ok back to the game
Batter #8 first up strikes out
Batter #9 - Is where the question comes into play. The #9 batter was the catcher, who they substituted for their DH. The original right fielder was being hit for by the DH. Who should occupy the #9 position in the batting order?
The opposing team stated we dropped out DH, but that does not mean you can alter your batting order and skip the # 9 position in the order. They sent their # 1 batter to the plate and we questioned the batting order with the other team and the umpire. The umpire stated that you need to have someone bat in the # 9 position in the batting order. Now since the # 1 batter came to bat and took 1 ball and 1 strike before play was stopped to question the order the decision was to insert a pinch hitter with a 1 ball / 1 strike count in the # 9 position of the batting order.
Yes this is getting Abbott and Costello like. The kicker is we played the same team last week and had a similar situation with a player coming to bat who did not report in and was called out by the umpires working the game. We now know it was the wrong call by the umpires but back to back games our opponent has apparently mismanaged the lineup causing us to speak up about it.
Your thoughts please and thank you for taking the time to view our post.
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