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Strict ASA tournament rules. No local rules apply.
A team has used their entire lineup. No subs available. Catcher reaches base. Coach calls time and asks for a courtesy runner. Umpire fails to realize the team has no eligible runners left and grants them the runner. Defensive team throws one pitch. Defensive coach calls time and addresses the courtesy runner issue with the HP umpire.
Is the runner called out and removed from the base for being an improper player? Or is there no penalty and the catcher is placed back on the bases? Normally I will bring it to the attention of the HP umpire before the change is made. Trying to figure out if it would be better to wait and then question it once the CR is official and possibly get an out and a runner removed from the basepath.
I've never run across this but the thought occurred to me as to how to handle it if it ever does. Are there any penalties for an offensive team lineup error or not? It seems to me it would be a way to get an extra courtesy runner if a coach were so inclined.
A team has used their entire lineup. No subs available. Catcher reaches base. Coach calls time and asks for a courtesy runner. Umpire fails to realize the team has no eligible runners left and grants them the runner. Defensive team throws one pitch. Defensive coach calls time and addresses the courtesy runner issue with the HP umpire.
Is the runner called out and removed from the base for being an improper player? Or is there no penalty and the catcher is placed back on the bases? Normally I will bring it to the attention of the HP umpire before the change is made. Trying to figure out if it would be better to wait and then question it once the CR is official and possibly get an out and a runner removed from the basepath.
I've never run across this but the thought occurred to me as to how to handle it if it ever does. Are there any penalties for an offensive team lineup error or not? It seems to me it would be a way to get an extra courtesy runner if a coach were so inclined.