Can players that were not at the games on Monday night, play in the completion of those games on Wednesday? If a player that was at Monday night's game cannot make it to Wednesday's game, what happens with that spot in the order, if all players present on Monday night were already in the batting order?
We potentially had that issue for our completion with the Whiz.
I was told that normal rules apply so if you're missing someone you may need to take an out (unless you had 11 or more and all were in the lineup as the rules state). Players who weren't there can be subbed in for missing players or added to the end of the lineup just like in any game. Obviously we have free defensive substitutions like we always do.
With the season running later and more teams it might be worth discussing in the offseason to make some accomodations for this - it would be a shame to have to take an automatic out in a close game.
I would imagine fill in players would not be allowed under any circumstance.
-- Edited by johnc on Tuesday 14th of August 2018 10:12:50 AM
Thanks, John. I won't have anyone who was there Monday, who will be missing, but the Cardinals might.
I will have Ron Lochner coming back from Kansas, to add to my line-up, so I wanted to be sure that I could use him like I could anyone that had showed up to any game late.
