This Google spreadsheet allows you to quickly set a line-up and have it automatically fill in fielding rotation. Thank you to Chad Capra for creating and sharing this, it's a great tool if you are interested in using!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dlS0_hJjHQYa6JmzyDncX-w6VrMp9txzmZsTHNfPYEk/edit?usp=sharing

Here is how it works:

1. Type in your batting order using "Line-up Builder" tab
2. Print Line-up using "Today's Line-up" tab

Adjustments throughout season (and absences):

• Continue fielding rotation from previous week (allows everyone to play every position)
  • Change "1st Batter's Starting Position #" appropriately to select the "correct" position for inning 1 of the new game (e.g. 7 if the order will remain the same).  The rest of the fielding rotation adjusts appropriately.

• Absent/Out
  • Only type in players who are playing into the line-up creator (leave blanks at bottom) and "Today's Line-up" will be adjusted appropriately
• Late Absences/Out (without notice... after you have already printed a line-up...ugh)
  • Print extra blank line-ups for 8,9,10,11 players by using "--" in the name field and you can keep these in your bag so you can just hand write your line-up when you get to the field.
  • This really helps prevent trying to figure it out, on the fly, when their are so many other things to worry about during a game

Optional (changing batting order vs not)

• Changing batting order each week (e.g. starting with the next player after the last out of the previous game)
  • Just change the order of the line up so your first batter of the week is at the top
• Leave batting order as-is throughout the season so that players follow the same person in the field as well as throughout the season batting (see "default position order" below)
  • You will just need to tell players where the line-up starts for the given week (vs it always starting at the top of the position order, print out)

Default Position Order (aka Fielding Rotation)

• Players at top of order are always followed by the next person at the bottom of the order (for fielding)... meaning Batter #1 playing SS would have Batter #12 playing LC behind them and Batter #12 would become SS the next inning.
• I chose the following (default) ordering (LC -> SS -> P -> RC -> 2B -> ...) so that players would be backing up (and observing) the position they would play next.

Changing Position Order (meaning the "path" players follow as they rotate positions each inning)

• Choose a different order for field rotation
  • Type in position order (top to bottom) in the 12 player, 11 player, etc "Position Order" grid