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NAPBL 3.11's reference to "original base" makes perfect sense if we're talking about the base at time of pitch or throw, because after a caught fly no runner will have achieved the next base by time the ball leaves the fielder's hand. This argument is thus academic, but interesting nevertheless.
This horse is willing to drink anywhere at any time he finds that good authority contadicts his understanding. Quote to me OBR authority that says that an infielder who catches a liner to retire BR is not his first play and I will sigh too. Catching a liner and fielding a grounder and throwing to 1B before BR touches 1B both result in BR being out. So why would the latter be an infielder's first play and the former not?
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