LHSAA 5A Championship Game

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by Manny A

It's really a matter of the organization responsible for the game. I assume this was a high school game, and I further assume it was played under NFHS rules (some states use other rule sets for high school ball, so I'm not certain). NFHS uses the the naming convention of runners where R1 is the leadmost runner, R2 is next, etc., in its case book.

Not sure which softball organization calls R1 the runner who starts on first base, R2 starts on second, etc. I see that mostly in baseball circles.

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

It's not. Not in softball at least. (In baseball, it's not a matter of opinion but rather a matter of ruleset).

From your responses, I assume esq was replying to my post (he's on my ignore list).

All of the softball organizations I call for specify as you have said, "R1 is the leadmost runner, R2 is next, etc." I merely use the nomenclature of the organization, hence, this is the "correct" nomenclature.

Also, as a pragmatic matter, when posting situations on this board, it is the nomenclature that most clearly says what you want to say.

If anyone wants to argue with the choice of nomenclature, the people you need to argue with are at ASA, NFHS, etc.

[HugoTafurst]

FWIW, NCAA is the only SB organization (that I am familiar with) that use the starting base as the runner designation.
R1 - 1st
R2 - 2nd
R3 - 3rd.