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Originally Posted by TomVeal
Just out of curiosity, how would OOTP handle this situation? In the top half of the first inning, the visiting team reaches the ninth spot in the lineup and wants to put in a pinch hitter for the pitcher. Will OOTP allow it? For that matter, would replacing the starter before he has thrown a pitch violate some obscure MLB rule?
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Originally Posted by RchW
Since he hasn't taken the mound yet there should be no problem. It's too bad I just finished ST or I would check this out.
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I'm not sure that's allowed by MLB rules. Rule 3.05 states that the pitcher in the batting order submitted to the umpires at the start of the game must pitch to the first hitter until he's out or reaches base, unless the pitcher is injured or ill. The rule is listed
here on page 32.
The language doesn't specifically address pinch hitting for the pitcher in the top of the 1st, but I'm guessing 3.05 forbids that. I can't find anything else in the rules that might apply.
My guess, though, is that OOTP allows this.