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Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser
Any base on balls is technically an award.
I would not, never, never, call someone out on this.
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Rule 2-4-2 refers to a base on balls (non-intentional) as a live-ball award.
Rule 8-2-6: "A batter-runner who reaches first base safely and then overruns of overslides may immediately return without liability of being put out provided he does not attempt or feint an advance to second.
A player who is awarded first base on a base on balls does not have this right." (emphasis added)
Rule 8-4-2h EXCEPTIONS: "If a batter-runner safely touches first base and then overslides or overruns it,
except on a base on balls, he may immediately return to first base without penalty, provided he did not attempt to run or feint to second." (emphasis added)
So, we are technically supposed to call the runner out when he overruns first base on a base on balls under FED rules.
As for OBR rules:
J/R says:
"(2) A base on balls:
A batter is awarded first base when four balls are counted. Sequential runners are also awarded their advance base. The ball remains live and any runner (including the B-R) who is tagged off base after touching or passing his awarded base, is out."
And of course, this is contradicted by the MLBUM:
"NOTE: The batter-runner is not prohibited from overrunning first base on a base on balls (i.e., the batter-runner may overrun first base on a base on balls and is not in jeopardy of being put out provided he returns immediately to first base). (See Official Baseball Rules 7.08(c)(EXCEPTION), 7.08(j), and 7.10(c).)"
And then the MLBUM is contradicted by JEA:
"A batter who is entitled to 1st base because of "four balls" being called may not overrun or overslide 1st base. This is an award which is administered while the ball is alive and in play. He is entitled to 1st base without liability to be put out...6.08(a). His liability to be put out resumes once he touches the base."
I'm getting a headache....
