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baseball question

Posted by dogbert May 2 '12, 12:18

say the home team has a righty throwing and the visitors bring out a left handed pinch hitter for a better matchup. the home team brings in a lefty and at this point they bring in a right handed pinch hitter instead because the lefty-lefty matchup isn't what they wanted. all within the rules and the right handed pinch hitter is still available because he didn't officially get to bat.

my question is this: why doesn't the home team let the first left handed pinch hitter get to the plate, pitch an intentional ball to him and then make the switch? the visitors will then either have to accept a matchup they don't want, or make another switch. this way the visitors loose a bat from the bench for the cost of a ball one count. is there a rule againt this? if so I have never heard of it. if there isn't, I have no idea why I have never seen this done

Responses:

Well, you can't switch players (batter or pitcher) during an at-bat. - the wrong element, bad guy May 2, 12:24 1
- You can switch a batter or pitcher at any time. -- nm - Krusty May 2, 12:26
my understanding is once the batter is announced he can't be taken out and used again, even if he does not take a pitch. -- nm - znufrii May 2, 12:22 2
- Correct. You -- nm - Krusty May 2, 12:22 1
  - *sfek* You'll see managers wait for the player to be announced before making the pitching change. -- nm - Krusty May 2, 12:23
Once a batter gets announced to be batting he can't be taken replaced with another batter and be eligible to pinch hit later. - Krusty May 2, 12:22
you'll rare see a double switch like that (pinch hitter for the pinch hitter) -- nm - Don Homer May 2, 12:21 7
- I've seen it where the manager will bluff the pinch hitter hoping that they'll make the pitching change before the batter is announced - znufrii May 2, 12:23 6
  - exactly. in this situation let the first pinch hitter get into the box, throw an intentional ball and then switch pitchers. they either pinch hit - dogbert May 2, 12:26 2
    - there's no need to even throw a pitch, though. once the batter has been announced over the PA system he is considered to have entered the game. -- nm - znufrii May 2, 12:27 1
      - Exactly. -- nm - Krusty May 2, 12:28
  - Yeah, that I've seen. -- nm - Don Homer May 2, 12:25 2
    - which is really just bad managing. -- nm - znufrii May 2, 12:28 1
      - (unless you don't care about the matchup, that is) -- nm - znufrii May 2, 12:28
oops, in the first paragraph it should be "the left handed pinch hitter is still available" -- nm - dogbert May 2, 12:20

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