Batter runner advancing to 2b without steping the inner 1b

[MTR]

Speaking ASA
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If there is ANY play on the BR, the BR is to use the colored portion and the defense the white portion.

Exception: If a play is coming from foul territory on the right side, the BR and defense MAY use either base. This includes a throw which draws the defender into foul territory. It should be noted that the throw must draw the defender away from the base into foul territory. That does NOT include a high throw that brings the defender down on the colored portion of the base.

A runner, and any defender making a play on the runner, may use any portion of the 30"X15" base at any time.

 

[ecflyguy]

Well, you guys with the 2005 rule books are only six years out of date!

ASA revised their double first base rules in...2006. That was the year they introduced the "one big base" concept, and also the year that they removed the requirement for the play at first to be made "by an infielder".

In a nutshell...the revisions addressed a couple of problems with the double base. First, they recognized several situations where requiring the defense to use the white base and the batter-runner the colored one might actually be dangerous. For instance, if the fielder is making the play from in foul ground, requiring her to cross the runner's path to reach the white bag puts them on a collision course. The "safety base" ain't so darn safe when that happens! So they did add a couple of exceptions where the players may switch to the other base during the initial play at first.

After the runner passes first base, then the "all one big base" concept kicks in. After passing first, the runner may return to either portion of the base, lead off from either portion, or tag up on a fly ball from either portion. Likewise, the defense can use either portion to double off a runner who left too soon on a caught fly ball. After the runner passes first, it is no longer two separate 15" X 15" bases, but one large base measuring 15" X 30".

The high school rule followed suit the next year and is now essentially the same as ASA. Others (NSA, USSSA) are not. So it pays to know how your particular sanctioning body interprets this...and to have a rule book from this decade!

Thanks BretMan.

 

[Zul77]

Thanks guys.... is this rule applied to ISF too?