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Little League baseball added a double first base rule to their rulebook for 2007. (I have the feeling they will mandate safety bases at first base within a few years.)
I suspect Fed softball and maybe even baseball won't be far behind. If the NJ legislature hears that a runner bumped into a first baseman where there was no safety base, they'll undoubtedly mandate the safety base everywhere.
Various codes differ in their treatment of the safety base. Last I looked, in NSA a runner who uses the white base on a play at 1B is out (beats the throw or not). ASA has tweaked its rule several times, and now, once the runner reaches 1B, both fielder and runner can use the entire slab.
Senior softball uses a safety plate!
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