I was reviewing the NFHS DP/FLEX Simplified, as I do quite often, and something I hadn't really noticed before stuck out to me:
Why is "STARTING" capitalized here? I read the actual rules and didn't see anything that would suggest a substitute in the DP position can't do everything the starting DP can do. Anybody know what this emphasis is about?
Also, do players have to start in the position listed on the lineup card? IOW, can the person listed as DP actually play a position immediately (not in place of the Flex, but one of the other 8 players in the lineup)? I'm almost positive she can because I can swear I've seen DPs as starting pitcher, but wanted to ask to be sure.
Edit: What I've done this year is list a player at, say, shortstop even though she's never played there in her life. My actual shortstop is listed as the DP for the DP/flex flexibility the rule provides. The DP actually plays short, and the girl listed as SS only hits (or maybe plays elsewhere and a different girl is hitter only).
Why is "STARTING" capitalized here? I read the actual rules and didn't see anything that would suggest a substitute in the DP position can't do everything the starting DP can do. Anybody know what this emphasis is about?
Also, do players have to start in the position listed on the lineup card? IOW, can the person listed as DP actually play a position immediately (not in place of the Flex, but one of the other 8 players in the lineup)? I'm almost positive she can because I can swear I've seen DPs as starting pitcher, but wanted to ask to be sure.
Edit: What I've done this year is list a player at, say, shortstop even though she's never played there in her life. My actual shortstop is listed as the DP for the DP/flex flexibility the rule provides. The DP actually plays short, and the girl listed as SS only hits (or maybe plays elsewhere and a different girl is hitter only).