Ball thrown to 1st base after BB/Walk ????

[SAump]

OBR Rules - Rule Myths
2. The batter-runner must turn to his right after over-running first base.
BTW
1. The hands are considered part of the bat.

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RIGHT TURN RULE MYTH
The batter-runner may turn left or right, provided that if he turns left he does not make an attempt to advance. An attempt is a judgment made by the umpire. The requirement is that the runner must immediately return to first after overrunning or oversliding it.

Rule: 7.08(c and j)

http://eteamz.active.com/baseball/ru...ths/index.cfm?

Submitted by: Jim Booth

[SAump]

OBR Rules - Rule Myths
9. The batter may not overrun first base when he gets a base-on-balls.

OVERRUN FIRST BASE RULE MYTH
Rule 7.08(c and j) simply state that a batter-runner must immediately return after overrunning first base. It doesn't state any exceptions as to how the player became a runner. It could be a hit, walk, error or dropped third strike.
In Little League the runner may overrun. In FED rules he may not and in Professional baseball, he may not. In other programs that use the OBR he may if that is how the program rules it.
To overrun means that the runners momentum carried him straight beyond the base after touching it. It does not mean to turn and attempt to advance. Nor does it mean that he stepped over it or stopped on it and then got off of it.

http://eteamz.active.com/baseball/ru...ths/index.cfm?

Submitted by: Jim Booth

[Dave Hensley]

Originally Posted by SAump

OBR Rules - Rule Myths
9. The batter may not overrun first base when he gets a base-on-balls.

OVERRUN FIRST BASE RULE MYTH
Rule 7.08(c and j) simply state that a batter-runner must immediately return after overrunning first base. It doesn't state any exceptions as to how the player became a runner. It could be a hit, walk, error or dropped third strike.
In Little League the runner may overrun. In FED rules he may not and in Professional baseball, he may not. In other programs that use the OBR he may if that is how the program rules it.
To overrun means that the runners momentum carried him straight beyond the base after touching it. It does not mean to turn and attempt to advance. Nor does it mean that he stepped over it or stopped on it and then got off of it.

http://eteamz.active.com/baseball/ru...ths/index.cfm?

Submitted by: Jim Booth

Booth's ruling for MLB baseball (runner may not overrun) is obsolete, superceded by an interpretation that the runner may overrun without liability, published in the MLBUM in 2002. Booth's ruling was based on a Jim Evans interpretation in Baseball Rules Annotated.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by SAump

OBR Rules - Rule Myths
2. The batter-runner must turn to his right after over-running first base.
BTW
1. The hands are considered part of the bat.

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RIGHT TURN RULE MYTH
The batter-runner may turn left or right, provided that if he turns left he does not make an attempt to advance. An attempt is a judgment made by the umpire. The requirement is that the runner must immediately return to first after overrunning or oversliding it.

Rule: 7.08(c and j)

http://eteamz.active.com/baseball/ru...ths/index.cfm?


Submitted by: Jim Booth

Okay, isn't this what I just said? I think we all know this by now, SA. We are a bit past the myths here.