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Originally Posted by BigUmpJohn
And the CR rule reads as being convoluted (as does quite a bit of the NSA rulebook) but it plays out pretty easily. In your situation, the catcher can come back and run for themselves or you go back to the previous out which would be B5's K.
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Batter #1 must be used as the CR. But when Batter #1 comes up to bat, I do not think you have any other option other than to return the catcher out to run. Are you saying you can pick a
DIFFERENT courtesy runner when Batter #1 comes in to bat?
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We don't keep track of who can CR. We assume the coaches know what's going on and the opposing book/coaches do bring it to our attention when something isn't kosher. All we have to do is keep track on the lineup card of who CR'ed during the inning so we have some record and that we make sure they don't run twice in the inning.
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The penalty for screwing it up, according to the rulebook, is ejection of the coach. It doesn't say that the runner is out or ejected. In fact, there doesn't seem to be any guidance as to what to do for an illegal courtesy runner OTHER than eject the coach.
I still think the rule is far to complex.
Why not just say: "A courtesy runner can be used for the pitcher or catcher at any time. The courtesy runner should be the player who last finished their turn at-bat (or the substitute for that player). If the last player to complete their turn at-bat is either the pitcher or catcher, then it should be the previous batter."
Using the last recorded out requires everybody to keep track of things when an inning ends in an unusual way - like a pickoff or any play on some runner other than the batter-runner. Even if the inning ended in such a mundane way as R1 being forced out at 2nd for the 3rd out. The batter did NOT make the last out.
David Emerling
Memphis, TN