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Old Tue Sep 05, 2017, 09:50am
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Rule historians... when did the orange base stop being foul ground?

Back in the day, the ASA rule (and also everyone else's rule that I know of) was that once the BR achieved 1B, the orange bag "disappeared" and became part of foul ground. All subsequent play at 1B was with the white bag only.

A number of years ago, this changed so that instead of the orange bag "disappearing", 1B became one big 15x30 bag.

In a tournament this past weekend, a coach made a big deal of having his F3 tag the runner who returned to 1B after overrunning and was standing on the orange bag. He had his F3 stand there holding the tag while I signaled safe a couple of times. He requested time, came out and stated that the runner was standing on the orange bag only. I agreed she was. He then stated that the orange bag is just foul ground and the runner needs to be on the white bag.

So, out of curiosity... how out of date WAS this guy???
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Old Tue Sep 05, 2017, 09:56am
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At least 10 years by the oldest rule book I have. But, if Im not mistaken USSSA slow pitch does require the runner to use only the white base after they have returned. Dont do slow pitch, but seem to remember some question about it a while back on one of the forums.
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Old Tue Sep 05, 2017, 10:23am
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2006.

In 2005, the runner had to return to the white base.
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Old Tue Sep 05, 2017, 11:17am
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Can a runner set up on the back edge of the orange bag, in order to time her release from the bag (with the release of the pitch), and thus increase her initial momentum off the leading edge of the white bag?
Same question for tagging up on a fly ball.
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Old Tue Sep 05, 2017, 11:37am
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It becomes one big base after the batter runner reaches.
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Old Tue Sep 05, 2017, 11:12pm
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Can a runner set up on the back edge of the orange bag, in order to time her release from the bag (with the release of the pitch), and thus increase her initial momentum off the leading edge of the white bag?
Same question for tagging up on a fly ball.
See RKBs response
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