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Originally posted by Dakota
Welcome to the board, Palmer! 
1) Courtesy runner... A courtesy runner is a runner who runs for another player without it being a charged substitution. (ASA Rule 1 DEFINITIONS).
A courtesy runner may be used for the pitcher or catcher only (ASA Rule 8-10A).
A courtesy runner may be any eligible substitute who has not been in the game (8-10C).
The courtesy runner for the pitcher may not be the CR for the catcher (and vice versa). Note: this is position, not person. If you sub for a new pitcher, the same CR for the old pitcher may be the CR for the new pitcher. If you move your catcher in to pitch, the CR for the catcher may NOT become the CR for the pitcher (8-10A).
A courtesy runner is not a charged substitute, so she is eligible to be used as a sub for any other player in a later inning (but not in the same inning she ran as a CR - exception: injury / DQ and she is the last sub available) (DEFINITIONS and 8-10D).
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Just an additional note on the CR. Even though it is not a substitution, the CR is still required to report to the umpire or risk disqualification for that game if discovered n the game after the next pitch, legal or illegal, or a play.