P/DH Question

[yawetag]

Sorry about that. As I posted later on: I should have put this in the High School Forum.

You should have put it in the Florida High School Forum.

Absolutely!!! Yikes!!!!

It's right next to the South Carolina one, under the group "States that have, beyond all possibilities, found a way to screw up FED rules even more"

[Rich Ives]

Doesn't the pitcher have to pitch to one batter before being removed?

Rich,

If it's "after one inning" he's already retired the side once.

JM

The question usually comes up when the V takes a big lead in the TOP of the 1st and the VHC doesn't then want to burn his pitcher. I've seen the ploy asked about several times on various forums, which is why I brought it up.

So why can't a P/DH move to another position? What's the point?

[Richvee]

I ended up scoring a 96 which kinda upsets me. I really thought I scored 100. Open Book test everyone should score 100!!!!

Got a 96 on mine as well. Can't for the life of me figure out which 2 I got wrong. I'll be real interested when we're allowed to see the answers.

[mstaylor]

A P/DH evidently is allowed in Florida but in most other states it is not, and it is on the test. NCAA does allow it but it is complicated. If there is DH declared at the beginning of the game then the starting pitcher becomes the DH. It can then be treated as two positions and then go back. Probably the ugliest rule in baseball. I did not read the FL version to compare it to NCAA, I will leave Fl interps to the Fl guys.

[Fittske24]

In NCAA the DH is defined as: " a player designated to bat for the starting pitcher and all subsequent pitchers." 7-2a

In FED the DH is defined as: "A hitter may be (not mandatory) designated for any one starting player (not just pitchers) and all subsequent substitutes for that player in the game 3-1-4

In OBR the DH is defined as: A hitter may be designated to bat for the starting pitcher and all subsequent pitchers in any game without otherwise affecting the status of the pitcher(s) in the game. 6-10-B(1)

As you can see NCAA and OBR are inline, but FED makes the change to allow more kids to participate.

[UmpJM]

Fittske,

The NCAA and OBR DH rules may be "inline" in that they both restrict the DH to batting for the pitcher, but other than that they are in no way the same rule.

JM

[Kevin Finnerty]

As always, during a discussion of the DH and the rule that governs its use, we must salute the man who conceived it. He's the same man who's responsible for bloated salaries, garish multi-colored uniforms, white shoes, and almost, the orange baseball for night games:

Charlie O. Finley

(Baseball's A$$hole of the Century)