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Originally Posted by BIG17EASY
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. |
Hmm, if OOTP allows pinch hitting for a starter who hasn't yet pitched but not for a reliever who hasn't, it seems to me that it treats the two situations exactly the opposite of real life.