The Mets & the Reds had a happening the other evening that is more rare than a no-hitter... the Mets batted out of turn . With a lineup of A,B,C,D; C showed up after A and struck out. B then came to bat, doubled, and was then out on appeal for BOT. The Met's skipper later stated : "I knew we were in trouble as soon as 'C' struck out." I understand the NFHS rules on this, and had always felt MLB was the same. If so, couldn't D have came up and one pitch was thrown, he would become the legal batter (following C) and the statute of limitations would have legalized B
CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY :
A. I'm missing something;
B. the Mets skipper is missing something;
C. the Bangor Daily Snews is missing something;
D. all of the above;
E. none of the above________________.
Ralph:
Below is the rule from OBR.
6.03(b)
Batting Out of Turn
(1) A batter shall be called out, on appeal, when he fails to
bat in his proper turn, and another batter completes a time
at bat in his place.
(2) The proper batter may take his place in the batter’s box at
any time before the improper batter becomes a runner or
is put out, and any balls and strikes shall be counted in
the proper batter’s time at bat.
(3) When an improper batter becomes a runner or is put
out, and the defensive team appeals to the umpire before
the first pitch to the next batter of either team, or before
any play or attempted play, the umpire shall (1) declare
the proper batter out; and (2) nullify any advance or
score made because of a ball batted by the improper bat-
ter or because of the improper batter’s advance to first
base on a hit, an error, a base on balls, a hit batter or
otherwise.
(4) If a runner advances, while the improper batter is at bat,
on a stolen base, balk, wild pitch or passed ball, such
advance is legal.
(5) When an improper batter becomes a runner or is put out,
and a pitch is made to the next batter of either team
before an appeal is made, the improper batter thereby
becomes the proper batter, and the results of his time at
bat become legal.
(6) When the proper batter is called out because he has failed
to bat in turn, the next batter shall be the batter whose
name follows that of the proper batter thus called out.
(7) When an improper batter becomes a proper batter
because no appeal is made before the next pitch, the next
batter shall be the batter whose name follows that of such
legalized improper batter. The instant an improper batter’s actions are legalized, the batting order picks up with
the name following that of the legalized improper batter.
i am not aware of what happened in the game in question, so I cannot choose one of the possible answers you listed.