Expert: Brian Flaspohler - 6/5/2008

Question
We were recently in a dizzy dean tournament for 8 year olds.  Inning 4, the unpire told our scorekeeper that the opposing teams #1 batter would not be batting.  The opposing team only had 10 players on the team.  I thought the rule was they had to take an out each time that tenth spot came up on the lineup.  I cannot find that rule in the dizzy dean book but was sure I found in an earlier year.  Should that team have had to take an automatic out for the tenth player in the lineup and where would I find that written?

Answer
Penny,

I'm sorry, but I don't have the rules for that league.  I know that when a player use to come out when I played youth baseball and there was no substitute, the team had to take an out when that spot in the order came up.  But that was a long time ago.

Sorry about not being more help.

Brian