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Originally Posted by spiritump
--the batter-runner by rule has to run in the three foot lane the last 45 feet to first base.
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No - he does not.
He can be punished if he's out of the lane
and interferes, but he is not required by rule to run in the lane.
In running the last half of the distance from home base to first base, while the ball is being fielded to first base, he runs outside (to the right of) the three-foot line, or inside (to the left of) the foul line, and in the umpire’s judgment in so doing interferes with the fielder taking the throw at first base,
Tue Feb 01, 2011, 10:31am
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