Here is one I had yesterday, and I can't find anything on my own.
Middle School Baseball
HT Coach exchanges lineup with VT Coach
Batter hits base clearing triple, 2 runs score. VT Coach calls time and says I would like to appeal the previous play. The last batter just batted out of turn according to my provided lineup card. I have number 72 in that spot not number 74... HT Coach comes out and admits he transposed the wrong # but it was the correct kid and that what the official scorebook says should supersede issue.
I ask how did you manage to write the wrong # for the kid on the line card VT Coach has? HT Coach, well I've got two brothers with numbers #72 & #74 (couldve been twins based on my observation) and got them mixed up. VT coach goes well do we know who is who since we only have the last name and no first name or first name initial?!? Oh boy...
Partner and I confer privately, and both agree that the name supersedes the number but since HT Coach has admitted he put the wrong number down and we only have a last name and no first name or first name initial on both cards how do we know who is who??
Declare the batter out, put the runners back on base and have the coaches fix the line up cards.
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Here is one I had yesterday, and I can't find anything on my own.
Middle School Baseball
HT Coach exchanges lineup with VT Coach
Batter hits base clearing triple, 2 runs score. VT Coach calls time and says I would like to appeal the previous play. The last batter just batted out of turn according to my provided lineup card. I have number 72 in that spot not number 74... HT Coach comes out and admits he transposed the wrong # but it was the correct kid and that what the official scorebook says should supersede issue.
I ask how did you manage to write the wrong # for the kid on the line card VT Coach has? HT Coach, well I've got two brothers with numbers #72 & #74 (couldve been twins based on my observation) and got them mixed up. VT coach goes well do we know who is who since we only have the last name and no first name or first name initial?!? Oh boy...
Partner and I confer privately, and both agree that the name supersedes the number but since HT Coach has admitted he put the wrong number down and we only have a last name and no first name or first name initial on both cards how do we know who is who??
Declare the batter out, put the runners back on base and have the coaches fix the line up cards.
What was the correct course of action?
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noumpere
While the home team has the "official book," the lineups the coach gives you are the "official lineups."
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I'm a little confused as to what was on the cards (and I'm assuming you had a card, too), but: 1) if you had an initial, and the brother's first names were different, go with that. (As soon as y
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From the 2016 BRD (section 499, p. 324): FED: The name listed on the lineup card establishes the official batting order. No penalty is provided if a player's name and number do not match in the
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