PDad wrote:Sam wrote:There was no real argument. The rule is clearly intended to cover subsititutions/pitching changes. If not....following the KU reasoning......the argument would be that position 7 or 8 no longer exists.....so the rules would have to create another number for that position.....and the rules don't provide for that.....so a 7 is still a 7, an 8 is still an 8, and a 9 is still a 9.
Read the NCAA rule I posted - 8.3.3 covers all defensive position changes. In the one I witnessed, coach reported the player substitution, but didn't report the sub and another player were swapping defensive positions (neither was pitching).
In OU's case, position 8 still exists. KU's reasoning was F8 and F9 had switched positions without being reported.
It's a ludicrous argument. F8 was playing the hitter one way and F9 was playing the hitter the opposite. My question is what position would the coach report F7 going to? The rule is obviously intended to apply to pitching changes/DPs entering the game and substitutions. The umpires ruled that way because it didn't make a single difference in the game and because the coach would have to make up a new position after F7 vacated LF. Would he report her as F4A?