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Originally Posted by Andy
This was originally posted in the Facebook Softball umpires group and the almost unanimous opinion was an out. I brought up the issue of the allowance for the batter-runner to run through first base without liability to be out absent an attempt to second base.
I haven't yet been able to find or stretch a rule that says that after a BR overruns first then returns, they have to stay there.
This may a good one to kick up the chain.....
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You can't (safely) overrun first base twice because the second time you overrun it you are a runner not a batter-runner and only the BR is entitled to overrun first.
See the definition of BR and 8-8-I.