Overthrow Rule

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally posted by NSABlue
I don't do a lot of slow pitch so correct me if I'm wrong. Since the throw from F1 was the initial throw by an infielder, isn't the award two bases from the time of the pitch? It certainly doesn't seem possible that any runner could have reached a base before F1 threw the ball. It seems to me that R1 gets home, R2 gets third and BR gets 2nd base here.

ASA, NFHS, and NCAA rules are standardized; two bases from the time the throw leaves the throwers hand. With runners possibly stealing on the pitch release in fastpitch, and 60' to 65' bases, the OBR interpretation just doesn't work.

Now, in this case, the result is the same; and, I would have to be SURE before allowing a runner a base award based on a base maybe touched before a throw is made. But, it can happen, and the rules allow for it. I don't call NSA, so I can't state the rules are different.