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Old Mon Feb 03, 2014, 01:07pm
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by rbmartin View Post
My state just adopted the use of courtesy runners.
The rules are as stated on page 64 of the NFHS 2014 Baseball Rules Book.
The stated goal of this rule chance is to speed up the game.

My concern as an Umpire is that in order to properly implement this rule it will require a lot of additional in-game record keeping.

Do any of you gentlemen have any tips or suggestions on how to keep my "paperwork" in order without holding up the game we are trying to speed up?
On the back of your line-up card, or wherever you record your subs, just make a note. Some guys make a "chart" to show the # and inning for both F1 and F2:

Inning: 1--2--3--4--5--6--7--
F1:.....12-------12
F2:

I just write the player's number, whether he's running for F1 or F2, and the inning. So 12CR1 - 1, 4 would show that #12 ran for F1 in the first and 4th innings.
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