BOO in Fed

[mw94]

What a way to start a season ??.    B6  gets Walk .  After the Walk DC appeals BOO saying that on the lineup card B6 who is wearing uniform # 11  is listed as B7 not B6.  The B6 batter was supposed to be #4 .  The OC coach claims those are the right players he just wrote their uniform numbers down wrong??  I believe by interpretation names not numbers matter? But How do you prove it ? Do I ask for the student id of #11?

[scrounge]

1 hour ago, mw94 said:

What a way to start a season ??.    B6  gets Walk .  After the Walk DC appeals BOO saying that on the lineup card B6 who is wearing uniform # 11  is listed as B7 not B6.  The B6 batter was supposed to be #4 .  The OC coach claims those are the right players he just wrote their uniform numbers down wrong??  I believe by interpretation names not numbers matter? But How do you prove it ? Do I ask for the student id of #11?

You are right, it's the name. The case book addresses this exact situation:

 

 

1.1.3 SITUATION:

F4, Brown, listed in the batting order as wearing uniform No. 4, is wearing No. 21. After reaching base in the third inning, defensive coach appeals to the umpire that Brown is batting out of order.

RULING: While Brown is in technical violation of the rule that requires that player’s name, shirt number and position be on the lineup card, there is no penalty, since the batting-out-of-order rule requires only that the name be in the proper order. If the number was correct but the player batting was not Brown, the batting-out-of-order penalty would be imposed. Listing of both numbers and positions provides easier record keeping for scorekeepers and umpires.

[ricka56]

You could walk over to R1 and ask him what his last name is. If the name he says matches B6, then that would be good enough for me. I doubt that there is a conspiracy where #11 remembers to say #4's name, if asked.

[noumpere]

As soon as I get any inkling of a BOO, I ask the player involved "what's your name?"  If the player involved isn't nearby, then I ask the closest player to tell me the name of the player involved.