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Originally Posted by chapmaja
We have a league rule that the courtesy runner (for pitcher or catcher) shall be the last out. We also have bat around rule for this league (11 batters in this situation).
The other night we had this in the bottom of the first. 3 runs in when the pitcher walks with the bases loaded. Nobody out. Offensive coach wants to use a CR for the pitcher. Who do you use, it can't be the last out because the last out doesn't exist? They wanted the 11th batter in the order, who had no chance of getting up to bat. The opposing coach wanted the farthest in the batting order.
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Sounds like local rule is poorly written.
Should probably be worded in a manner that would allow the last available batter in the order that is available (on the bench). IOW, start from the batter presently in the box and work backward until you find one that is on the bench.