Batting Out of Turn

Batting out of turn happened recently in a MLB game involving the Houston Astros. I don't know how frequently it happens there, but it is pretty frequent in youth baseball. Have you ever studied the rule associated with Batting out of Turn. It's not the easiest of rules to follow. It might be a little easier to follow than the penalty for accidentally throwing a ball into the dugout or out of the field of play. Here's the rule.

6.01
(a) Each player of the offensive team shall bat in the order that his name appears in his team’s batting order.
(b) The first batter in each inning after the first inning shall be the player whose name follows that of the last player who legally completed his time at bat in the preceding inning.
6.07 BATTING OUT OF TURN.
(a) A batter shall be called out, on appeal, when he fails to bat in his proper turn, and another batter completes a time at bat in his place.

The rule and potential situations involving the rule are so complicated and convoluted that the rulebook offers various situations and approved rulings. Check out Play 6 below.

APPROVED RULING
To illustrate various situations arising from batting out of turn, assume a first-inning batting order as follows:
Abel-Baker-Charles-Daniel-Edward-Frank-George-Hooker-Irwin.

PLAY (6). Daniel walks and Abel comes to bat. Daniel was an improper batter, and if an appeal is made before the first pitch to Abel, Abel is out, Daniel is removed from base, and Baker is the proper batter. There is no appeal, and a pitch is made to Abel. Daniel’s walk is now legalized, and Edward thereby becomes the proper batter. Edward can replace Abel at any time before Abel is put out or becomes a runner. He does not do so. Abel flies out, and Baker comes to bat. Abel was an improper batter, and if an appeal is made before the first pitch to Baker, Edward is out, and the proper batter is Frank. There is no appeal, and a pitch is made to Baker. Abel’s out is now legalized, and the proper batter is Baker. Baker walks. Charles is the proper batter. Charles flies out. Now Daniel is the proper batter, but he is on second base. Who is the proper batter? RULING: The proper batter is Edward. When the proper batter is on base, he is passed over, and the following batter becomes the proper batter.

If this ever happened in a real game, I know an ejection of me, the manager, would soon follow. I'm not sure any one could keep track of this or get it right. Can you believe they actually had to write this scenario down? What rule in your sport can top this for confusing??