I just searched the rule book for a few keywords and couldnt find anything pertaining to my question.
lets say the double 1st base is about 5' too far towards the 1B dugout, the runner hits a ball towards the gap and tries for second, only to find the base not in its expected place.
How would you handle the situation if the runner touched where the base was supposed to be but the defense appealed the non touching of 1B?
or
The runner obviously has to stop his momentum, and "stutters" to touch the base in foul territory, and is thrown out by a hair at 2nd?
The only rules I could find, which dont exactly address this sit, were 8-3-C
Quote:
TOUCHING BASES IN LEGAL ORDER.
When a runner dislodges a base from its proper position, that runner and
trailing runner(s) in the same series of plays are not compelled to follow a
base out of position.
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8-8-N
Quote:
RUNNER IS NOT OUT
When the runner slides into a base and dislodges it from its proper position.
The base is considered to have followed the runner.
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