Running to 1st base aftre a dropped 3rd strike

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Originally Posted by clevbrown

Interesting. I cannot find anything in the rule book on that. I see in the ASA rule book she is not considered "abandoning the base" until she enters "the team area" which I would assume is the dug out in most cases. I just thought it would seem weird to have the runner cutting through the middle of the field to run the 1st base, but it appears there are no rules against it, or at least I could not find any.

Thanks

There is nothing new here.

You are looking for something that does not exist and to the best of my knowledge, never has.

Check for the definition of basepath, then the rule concerning being out of the basepath and the conditions when that rule is in effect. Even then, the rules still do not dictate where a runner may go, just what cannot be done to avoid a tag.