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Originally posted by Gre144
Situation 2)
If the batter runner runs outside the 3ft running lane (last half of the distance from home plate to first base), while the ball is being fielded or thrown to first base, you have interference and all runners return to the base at the time of the pitch. A batter-runner is considered outside the running lane lines if either foot is outside either line. The coach may have been right if the batter runner was running in fair territory. If he was running in his designated running path you probably have just a collision and the play stands. It all depends on where the batter runner was at at the time of the collision.
I'm also curious if the batter runner has to have one foot completely outside of the 3ft lane to be considered as running outside of the base path or would only one foot partially outside of the running lane be considered as running out of the base path?
[Edited by Gre144 on Jul 17th, 2001 at 02:40 AM]
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The running lane has nothing to do with this play. The running lane is only applicable when a BR hinders a fielder from taking a throw at first base. There was no throw to first, there can be no running lane violation.
A BR is out of the running lane when (at least) one foot is completely outside the lane. The lines are part of the lane. (It's like the batters box in this respect).