Pitcher Substitution

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Originally posted by whirlingwillow
Thanks for the responses - we were always led to believe that the only time a benched player could come back into the game was to be a pinch runner.

If you are playing ASA rules, or lots of others, [won't mention the
one that allows benched player's to be pinch runners] then this would
not be correct. There are no pinch runners. You can utilize a
CR [courtesy runner] for your pitcher and a different one for you catcher.
If you put a runner in the game for another player, it would have to be
a sub, unless of course the person who is on base happened to be the player
that replaced the benched player, who could then re-enter to run for that
player and that player if she happened to be a started would also have
re-entry rights and could return to start the next inning. However,
if the starter returns to play defense for the player that ran for her, then
that player would be gone from the game, because she has used her re-entry
rights. Got it, if not someone will straighten it out for you and me too.