Help me out on this one... there is a discussion in a Facebook forum and people are arguing out or safe. I don't have current rule books and can't cite a rule & urban legends of "rules" that aren't really rules are being cited.
A batter draws a walk.
The ball enters the circle.
The batter touches first and continues past first in a straight line toward right field. She is running along the foul line the whole way.
She turns 180 degrees and walks back toward first base still along the foul line.
As she gets about 1 foot from first base she breaks toward second base and beats the throw and is safe.
Again, without a rule book to check the wording I think she's safe, because she never stopped or changed direction. Others contend that her walking back to toward 1st after over running it was her decision to overrun and return to the base, similar to as if she rounded toward second and then came back to first, so that breaking toward second is another change of direction and she's out.
There is a video, but it's from the posters facebook account and I'm not sure how to save it and repost it, but I'll try.
A batter draws a walk.
The ball enters the circle.
The batter touches first and continues past first in a straight line toward right field. She is running along the foul line the whole way.
She turns 180 degrees and walks back toward first base still along the foul line.
As she gets about 1 foot from first base she breaks toward second base and beats the throw and is safe.
Again, without a rule book to check the wording I think she's safe, because she never stopped or changed direction. Others contend that her walking back to toward 1st after over running it was her decision to overrun and return to the base, similar to as if she rounded toward second and then came back to first, so that breaking toward second is another change of direction and she's out.
There is a video, but it's from the posters facebook account and I'm not sure how to save it and repost it, but I'll try.