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How is my basic argument invalid? I'm not making an argument for or against it, just stating what others were saying to help this other official understand why they would think to skip that batter. Jeez. :Horse:

No, the umpire did, which is appropriate under rule 3-1-1. "For discovery of an illegal player (2-36-3) on offense by an umpire or either team, that player shall be called out and restricted to the bench/dugout for the duration of the game."

Their rationale is that since Clifford is on base, his spot in the #5 hole is to be "skipped" in the batting order; so technically, Driver entered illegally into the #6 hole for Woods. An out is recorded in the #6 hole, and Murray is the batter. I don't agree or disagree, I just feel that this is the more complicated solution. My rationale is that if we didn't have an illegal player at all, Clifford's stats go into Jones' spot and we just play on. 10-2-3g at it's finest there. :WTF

First thing's first: What do we do with Driver? Driver is out and restricted to the dugout under rule 2-36-3 (a). The next batter is Woods. 2-36-3 (a) . . . An illegal substitute is: a. a player who enters or re-enters the game without eligibility to do so, or..." Rationale: Clifford became legal once a pitch was thrown to Dillan, so Driver did not have eligibility to re-enter the game. Therefore, the only person illegal here is Driver. Now that our illegal substitute matter is resolved, what do we do with Clifford, since he and Driver share the same place in the batting order? I'd say we do nothing with him and his advance is legal. His stats are recorded in Jones' spot in the scorebook, and an out is recorded in the #5 slot in the batting order.