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TOPIC: Overrun First |
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| Bill
January 2, 2013
5:57:50 PM
Entry #: 4024847
| (FP) The batter-runner may not overrun first base when she receives a base on balls. True of False? Explain.
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| Gary P
January 3, 2013
1:55:52 PM
Entry #: 4024977
| False: I have seen a lot regarding this and I thought it to be true. But what I have read states that on a walk the batter becomes a batter runner and the walk is treated like a hit. Now Batter Runner may overrun first base and turn in either direction as long as no attempt to advance is made and he/she can return to first without being in danger of a tag out.
I still don't know why anyone would need to overrun first on a walk, if they were not trying to advance a base. I am all for hustle, but also playing smart.
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| Bill
January 15, 2013
11:12:08 AM
Entry #: 4027385
| The batter-runner may overrun first but may be in jeopardy to be put out by either a tag by the first baseman if she makes an attempt to advance to 2nd base after she has passed 1st or if she is guilty by the “Lookback Rule.” Please read POE #34. This is a very misunderstood rule. Here is a
very basic breakdown of the rule. The runner may continue to run the bases while the pitcher has the ball in the circle (even though the pitcher may not be making a play) and she (the runner) can stop ONCE to find the ball. Once she has stopped, she must IMMEDIATELY decide to either (1) advance or (2) return. The only caveat about the stop made by the runner is that once they have stopped ON a base, they may not continue. They are pretty much tied to the base. If she jukes at all during this stop, she is out. If she lingers too long during the stop, she is out (I give the one-one thousand count....after
that.....BANG. Immediately after the stop, she must commit to either advancing or retreating. Look also in ASA 8-8-I.
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| neal
January 20, 2013
8:50:45 PM
Entry #: 4028362
| per rule 8-8-i in the asa rule book. A runner is not out when a batter-runner overruns first base after touching it and returns directly to the base
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