Double First Base (ASA Rules)

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Originally posted by Little Jimmy
Irish Mafia sites ASA 8-2-M-3 where defense or batter-runner may use either bag on a play from the foul side. Good enough. But doesn't that have the potential to cause a collision as opposed to avoiding one? Saw a similar play as the one Toon Army described. Wide throw to first, F3 gets ball and dives prone to white portion of bag essentially leaving batter-runner nowhere to go. Plate ump rules out because she left runner no piece of the bag to touch. I was a spectator but it seemed like the right call at the time. So am I to assume that F3 can indeed go to white bag from foul territory even though it leaves runner no real space to go?

How do you figure the runner has no place to go. Not a suggestion, but the BR could basically kick F3's head over the right field fence with no penalty if not intentional.

The rules state either bag the purpose of avoiding contact between the two. However, since the BR may not know from where the throw is coming, gives them an option as it does the fielder.

If you want my personal opinion, it hasn't changed. The double-base should be eliminated and coaches required to actually COACH the players how to properly play the position and hit the bag.