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Old Thu Oct 03, 2013, 11:34am
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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn View Post
A lot of teams will leave the catcher in until 2 outs occur (using the courtesy runner rule as it's meant to be used - to give them time to get the gear on and speed up the game).
People act like a courtesy runner is something relatively new.

It was being used in the late '60s in HS baseball in my area for that reason.
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