Why is the proper batter out?

There's a reason. If you call out the offender, you might have to skip a raft of batters. That's not good in a game where statistics dictate salaries.

Let's say Able should bat but Frank bats and doubles. The defense successfully appeals.

Now, if we call out the offender (Frank), under the Intuitive Statute, George would bat next. That means Able, Baker, Charles, David, and Evans lose their at bats. But since we call out the man who should have batted, he's the only one who loses out — by being out.

He wore the wrong uniform top

In the Junior Little League game I referred to in the grabber of Part I-a, the offensive coach came to complain: "We're not batting out of order. They just have the wrong numbers down in the scorebook."

As the coach pointed out, the number does not make the man. If Gonzalez is listed as wearing number 14 and comes to bat wearing number 15, he's still Gonzalez. If the fifth spot in the order is at bat, and Gonzalez is listed in that spot, we don't care what his number is.

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