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From: halle1@houxz.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: DH rule
Message-ID: <545@houxz.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Oct-83 17:06:12 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 12 17:06:12 1983
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Your understanding is incorrect.  The DH does not have to be the same
throughout the game.  You can pinch hit for him or pinch run for him.
The only exception is that the pitcher cannot be a sub for him.  Once
a pitcher comes to bat,* there cannot be a DH.  Also, if the DH of record
becomes a fielder, the DH again disappears and the pitcher must hit.

*A pinch hitter who is on the roster as a pitcher is NOT a pitcher for this
rule.  Only those who pitch in the game count, i.e. the one who ended the
previous half inning or who starts the next one.