Batter runner out at first

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Rita C

Where in the NFHS rulebook does it specifically say that the batter/runner is out when the base is tagged before the batter/runner reaches the base?

I've looked in rule 8-4-1 and found nothing. The next section covers the runner.

8-4-1f "...or if any fielder, while holding the ball in his grasp, touches first base ... before the batter-runner touches first base"

[Rita C]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

8-4-1f "...or if any fielder, while holding the ball in his grasp, touches first base ... before the batter-runner touches first base"

Well, doh. If I had kept reading beyond the first few words....!

Thanks. I knew I was overlooking it somehow!

Rita

[dash_riprock]

Originally Posted by Rita C

Well, doh. If I had kept reading beyond the first few words....!

Thanks. I knew I was overlooking it somehow!

Rita

If you want to win a bet with your friends, ask them to show you the OBR rule which says a fielder can tag the base with the ball for an out on a force or on the batter/runner at 1st base.