MF'N MGR
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Umps, quick question about this scenario (I tried to find it in the GSL bylaws, but I'm not having any luck piecing it together to reflect a situation that happened this past weekend at a World Qualifier):
Team A is at bat and a player is ejected due to an infraction (threw his bat) after making the last out for the inning. However, they do not have a tenth player on the bench for an substitution entry. A player miraculously appears in right as Team takes the field and then.....
Team B roster checks, it's discovered the substitute is not on the online sanction roster or sign in roster for the day, and is deemed ineligible on the spot. The substitute is not allowed to play, period.
Ump enforces that rule, proxy to the State Director on site explains to me that Team A doesn't get the DQ because a the ball wasn't put into play when the Substitute took the field and therefore Team A is only required to play with 9 (as you are always allowed), since they do not have a 10th body. Meaning, the illegal player "technically" wasn't playing.
Is this true? Is there written proof of this? Isn't that rule left open for so many misinterpretations? So, if they weren't challenged to provide proof then it's ok? Perhaps I'm looking too deep into this. Thank you in advance.
Team A is at bat and a player is ejected due to an infraction (threw his bat) after making the last out for the inning. However, they do not have a tenth player on the bench for an substitution entry. A player miraculously appears in right as Team takes the field and then.....
Team B roster checks, it's discovered the substitute is not on the online sanction roster or sign in roster for the day, and is deemed ineligible on the spot. The substitute is not allowed to play, period.
Ump enforces that rule, proxy to the State Director on site explains to me that Team A doesn't get the DQ because a the ball wasn't put into play when the Substitute took the field and therefore Team A is only required to play with 9 (as you are always allowed), since they do not have a 10th body. Meaning, the illegal player "technically" wasn't playing.
Is this true? Is there written proof of this? Isn't that rule left open for so many misinterpretations? So, if they weren't challenged to provide proof then it's ok? Perhaps I'm looking too deep into this. Thank you in advance.