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From: halle@hou2b.UUCP (J.HALLE)
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Subject: Re: 5 RBIs in 1 at bat (Batting out of turn)
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Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 14:07:47 EDT
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In the given example (Foster bats, but Carter who should bat is on deck),
the given solution is wrong.  The rules are quite explicit about what to
do in this case.  (Batting out of turn is the biggest section in the book.)
If the appeal is made before a pitch is thrown to Carter, Foster is declared
out, and all runners return to where they were before the last pitch to
Foster.  Carter is now up.

After the pitch to Carter, Foster is legal.  If they appeal now, Carter does
not get to bat, since the legal batter is whoever follows Foster.  (I'm not
sure whether an out is now recorded.)  If this is the first time they are
up, I think the substitution rule might apply, but I think the scorecard
takes precedence.  I don't recall for sure.

This leads to an interesting situation.  Suppose there is a batter between
Foster and Carter.  Foster gets on, Carter gets on, a pitch is thrown to
the batter after Carter.  Now no appeal works, since the batter is legally
following Carter, who is now legal after that pitch.  Well, this guy walks,
loading the bases.  Who is up?  Foster, the runner on third.  The rule book
even covers this situation.