I really dislike USSSA's new courtesy runner rule!

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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I would say that they were arguing that the offense pulled the slow-assed catcher off the bases for a fast courtesy runner, then changed catchers, purposely defeating the purpose of the CR rule.

I would then venture to say that the idiot defensive coach filed a protest claiming that the offense can't do that, which is not true. While a shady, shiesty, dirty, underhanded move...perfectly legal to make a substitute as long as it's a legal sub.

Is that about how it went, Bob?

I'm a bit shady on the details, but I believe it was more a case of the protesting coach wanting some sort of advantage (an automatic out, or a forfeit) because the opposing coach took a runner out but that catcher did not come out to catch the next inning.

The policy in our region is that if the person they used the CDR for does not catch the next inning, any runs in the previous half inning are disallowed. No runs were scored during that half inning anyways, so it was just a case of one rat trying to gain an unfair advantage, and the other rat trying to gain a cheap advantage over him.

The arguing and controversy went on for at least half an hour. The plate umpire made a big mistake by saying to the coach whose team had just completed their half inning in the field, that he could protest the game if he wanted. That lengthened things quite a bit.