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Originally Posted by mkntrds
Ok, to be clear then:
A first baseman can run through the white bag into the batter-runner, even though the runner stays in the basepath with the intent to run through the orange base.
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Okay, let's be clear. The first basemen has already touched the white bag, correct? BR is no longer a BR because he has be retired. That is the end of any possible obstruction call.
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This seems dangerous for the batter-runner. Any large 1st baseman would have an advantage over small/fast baserunners. Why then would any large 1st baseman not do this every time a small/fast leadoff batter hits a ground ball to him.
I see how this is avoided with second, third, and home plays - the runner usually slides. But with the batter-runner running through the bag at first, hard collisions seem unavoidable. Should the batter-runner slide? Am I missing something important?
(I'm trying my best to explain the situation.)
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There is no doubt that the game of softball naturally creates the crossing of paths, it is just part of the game.