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| Nov. 17, 2017 Boro Men's 70 14 posts | Looking for a simple answer to adding or substituting players Let's say your team shows up short 1 player. Where does this player come from? A Pool? Can it be a player from a competing team that isn't currently playing? Which could be a better player than the one that didn't show up! Or from a different league that isn't currently playing? What is the correct rule for this type of substitution? Let's say 'in league play'. |
| Nov. 17, 2017 Duke Men's 65 908 posts | In my leagues, the majority of teams/players do not care who you have on the team as a sub or where you get them from. On my Tuesday league, all the teams have loaded up with solid players, and still get subs from time to time, and most everyone, does not care. On the other hand, my Wednesday league, where some players that just show up once in a while. These once in a while players, we call floaters. If any of them show up, they are put onto a team with the least amount of players that day. To me, these leagues are just practice for tournaments. To some, it is life or death. LOL! Andy Smith, 65 Major, USED2BE |
| Nov. 18, 2017 Turbobob Men's 65 71 posts | In our 60 plus league, we normally play with 11 players. Show up with only 8 players, you forfeit the game. Everyone then plays a pick-up game. Show up with 9 players, the other team can lend you 1 player (if available) only for defensive purposes, as a catcher or right fielder only. The other team can switch out the loaner player each inning if they want to. If no loaner player is available, you play with 9 (2 short defensive positions). Show up with 10 players, no loaners. You play short one defensive position. In all situations, there is no penalty in the batting order for being short. This happens sometimes even with our rosters set with 15 or 16 players. Amazing. |
| Nov. 18, 2017 Omar Khayyam 1357 posts | In our Saturday league, the focus is to have a fun competition. Everyone tries their best, but we would rather win by outcompeting than taking advantage of a team that is short a player or two. As a result, teams can pick up ANYBODY to fill in when they are short, as long as they are the approximate age of the team and the competition (we have two brackets—one younger than 65, the other older). Because it is so common to be missing a player or two, the fill-in player has been from another team playing later or earlier, from guys on a team on a bye week, from guys hanging around to watch and waiting for a chance to play, and yes, even from the opposing team which has more than enough players and lends players to the short team. Never had a problem about quality of the fill-in player. Just happy to have a satisfying double-header. We play games back to back and with double innings so the games go a lot faster. This allows us to get in 6 games a Saturday. |
