Courtesy runner

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

Cecil - if they bat around "naturally" (ie without BOO), the pitcher bats in her spot again even if replaced by a CR - so that rule is not the applicable one.

I'd extend this logic to saying that if the team batted around and F1 came to the plate twice, it is quite legal that the 2nd CR be different from the first one. So this is legal.

MY question comes in here... If BOO, subsequently legitimized, causes a player already on base to be the proper batter, said batter is skipped. In this case, if B9 batted and was not appealed for BOO, the next batter is B1 (F1 in this case) - who TECHNICALLY is still on base, thus making B2 the proper batter (still on base too, you say? Then B3). Isn't, then, F1 not just BOO, but an illegal substitute for B2?

Or - to simplify... if B1/F1 batted, was CR'd for, and then IMMEDIATELY came to bat in B2's spot, would that be BOO or IS?

Whatever it is, it's tangled and messy.

correct on both points.
Good Q, probably just more BOO, but can't check book right now