Courtesy Runners

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by Gre144
Can't the courtesy runner for the pitcher enter as a legal substitute for the catcher in that same half inning? Also, if the courtesy runner for the pitcher runs for the catcher wouldn't you, as an umpire, have to declare him a legal unreported sub or would you eject him and call him out for being an illegal substitute? Fed rules.

Greg

First question: No. A CR cannot participate in any form on offense in that half-inning (with some exceptions for injury or ejection).

Second question: If you catch it before it happens, stop it from happening. If the other team (or you) catch it after you've allowed it, it's an illegal sub. Out and ejection. Violations of the CR rule are one type of illegal sub.