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From: djvh@drutx.UUCP (VanHandelDJ)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: RE: position switches legal?
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Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 14:02:13 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 20 14:02:13 1985
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>> Ok, here is a question concerning substitutions. I think it is legal, but 
>> I'd like to know for sure. Scenario: 2 outs, pitcher (batting ninth) coming
>> up to bat. Manager pinch-hits for pitcher, pinch-hitter makes 3rd out. Then
>> manager makes a defensive substitution for the #1 batter, but puts
>> the new fielder in the 9th slot, and the new pitcher in the 1st slot. Next
>> inning, the #1 batter is to bat (new pitcher), but manager pinch-hits for him.
>> So, the manager gets a pinch-hitter in 2 consecutive innings.
>...
>> On second thought,
>> this sort of lineup change may only be permissible when the 1st pinch-hitter
>> stays in the game as the defensive substitute for the #1 hitter; he is then 
>> constrained to bat in the #9 slot, and then the new pitcher has to take what
>> is freed by the substitution (#1 slot).
>
>I don't have a rule book, but I'm pretty sure that it's legal.  The rule is
>that once a player is in the lineup, his position in the batting order cannot
>be changed, but in the National League, his fielding position, even if it's
>pitcher, can be changed as many times as the manager wants. 
>

I agree that these position switches are perfectly legal.  However, I think 
there is a rule regarding position switches with pitchers.  I think the rule is
as follows:
		A pitcher can be switched to a different position, then moved
		back to pitcher only once per inning.


						Dave Van Handel