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Free substitution or rolling substitution is a rule in some sports that allows players to enter and leave the game for other players many times during the course of a game, generally during a time-out or other break in live play; and for coaches to bring in and take out players an unlimited number of times.
Substitution No player substituted for may return to the game, including the replaced player if the DH takes a defensive position. Under high school rules in the United States, a player may be substituted for and return to the game once. A pitcher who leaves the game may return, but only as a fielder (not the pitcher or DH).
This is a rare situation where the Official Rules allow an injured baserunner to be substituted, [14] and play then resumes. [10] Two known instances—occurring in 1977 and 2005—occurred when a baserunner entitled to score was injured such that he had to be removed from the game, and a substitute was allowed to enter the game to finish the ...
Jul. 12—The rules changes keep coming for high school sports. Just days after the National Federation of State High School Associations — the national governing body of high school athletics ...
College softball run-rule, explained. If a team leads by eight or more runs after five full innings, then the game is called due to the run-rule effect in college softball. The rule is the same in ...
Per Rule 6.14 of the "2024 and 2025 Softball Rules Book": "A regulation eight-run-rule game shall be declared by the plate umpire if one team is ahead by eight or more runs after five or more ...
In addition to that rule, a game might theoretically end if both the home and away team were to run out of players to substitute (see Substitutions, below). In Major League Baseball, the longest game played was a 26-inning affair between the Brooklyn Robins and Boston Braves on May 1, 1920.
Here's what you need to know about the pitch clock and violations in both the NCAA Softball Tournament and WCWS as super regionals begin: