When an improper batter's actions are made legal, the batting order picks up with the name:

• A. Of the batter who was skipped over by the improper batter.
• B. Of the batter following that of the legalized improper batter.
• C. Of the batter following that of the legalized improper batter.
• D. The inning will be declared over.

Answer: (B)

When an improper batter is made legal, you treat the at-bat as if the improper batter had always been in the correct spot, and the batting order continues with the player who would have followed that legalized batter. In other words, the next batter is the one immediately after the legalized improper batter in the current lineup. This keeps the sequence fair and avoids penalties to later batters. For example, if the lineup is A, B, C, D and A is legalized after an out-of-order incident, the next batter to come up is B.