[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by spider25

I know the basepath has always been at firstbase but i was referring to if you have a rule at one base then why not all bases. l do not think you are wrong but as a younsgter playing baseball I was taught to play different then what I see in todays game . Now they made a lot of stadium outfields with shorter distances to make it easier for home runs ////. there are a lot of very good players today but also a lot that would not have been on a major league team 30 yrs ago

Can you be more specific about which rule(s) apply at only one base?

Sure. There are more teams than there used to be -- so 25 x whatever the expansion number is wouldn't be on any teams at all xx years ago.