Can do it at any level. Saw it happen in a game opening weekend

Cannot do it in college.  my son taught me this   I had to say I was wrong  

NCAA 7-2 Designated Hitter

Designated Hitter

SECTION 2.

a. The designated hitter (DH) is a player designated to bat for the starting pitcher and all subsequent pitchers.

I found this online:

The NCAA rule is very similar to the designated hitter rule in professional baseball however it gives you the option to have your starting pitcher stay in the game to be the designated hitter after he is removed from the game as the pitcher.

The high school rule on the designated hitter differs in the fact that it allows the designated hitter to bat for any defensive player in the game and not solely the pitcher. Additionally, the high school rule has recently been amended to allow the DH to play in the field without losing the DH spot in the lineup. This is typically used very similarly to the college DH rule.

https://www.baseballbible.net/...20as%20the%20pitcher.

@Francis7 posted:

I found this online:

The NCAA rule is very similar to the designated hitter rule in professional baseball however it gives you the option to have your starting pitcher stay in the game to be the designated hitter after he is removed from the game as the pitcher.

Yes, now that I think it about it - I saw what was described last weekend. Unless it was a double switch and I wasn't paying attention

Francis is correct about the rule.

Florida pitcher Jac Caglianone was SP/DH today and if he keeps hitting and pitching the way he has been it will remain that way.

Jac is a special athlete.

Thank you Jac and Florida for taking our place as bad boys of college baseball

@PitchingFan posted:

Thank you Jac and Florida for taking our place as bad boys of college baseball

Not quite...lol!

Come on TPM.   Just trying to pass the love on to the Gators  😀.  We are trying to be a different team this year a little bit.  We will see if it holds.  I won’t make any guarantees.  But the main ones are gone.