Courtesy runner question

[Buckeye Elite 05]

Had this come up yesterday in tournament play. Courtesy runner for pitcher gets a nose bleed. We batted our roster of 11. The other coach claimed if we took the runner off the base and put our pitcher back on to run that the runner would then be out of the game and we would have to take an out at her spot in the order. Asa rules. Umpire let us put the pitcher back in to run without the runner officially leaving the game. Which is correct?

 

[cobb_of_fury]

It's a Courtesy runner - She can run or not run -
This is not DP/Flex or anything else, It's a special exemption to let you sub a runner for your pitcher (or catcher) if you want to.


The Ump is correct...

Besides that... It's a fall tournament and the girl had a nose bleed. This coach really called you out for putting your pitcher back on the bag?? - People, extend a little civility - Dang!

by the way:
IF... the girl with the nose bleed could not continue and was not able to bat in her spot (and you had no more bench players to bat for her), it would be an out for her spot each time it came up. That is the drawback of batting the lineup.

 

[coachjwb]

The ump was correct and the other coach needs to lighten up.

 

[BretMan2]

I'd like to say the umpire is correct, but...

Most standard rule sets require a courtesy runner to be a player who is NOT in the line-up. So how could this CR be an automatic out if she wasn't batting in the line-up to begin with?

If you're using a modified/special rule, unique to this league or tournament, that allows, say, the last batted out to be the CR, then there's no standard rule to handle this. If the standard CR rules are out the window, then it's hard to give a correct answer. The answer could be whatever the league or tournament says it is.

If you are using a special rule that allows a player already in the line-up to be the CR, and she left due to bleeding, then most rule sets do have a "blood rule" and it would be an automatic out if this player did not have the bleeding under control by her next at-bat. Once the bleeding is taken care of, she may return to the line-up, subject to any re-entry rule that might apply.