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| May 24, 2007 Gary33 149 posts | First base double bag A ball is hit to the outfield, they aare playing extremely shallow. They throw to first base the first baseman toughes the white bag and the orange bag at the same time. What's the call safe or out? |
| May 24, 2007 softballer Men's 65 594 posts | mmm you say hes touching the white and orange bag if the runner isn't acrossed the bag he/she out and did he catch it you left alot out of that! oh and thtas if the ump seen it!!!! lol |
| May 24, 2007 RonD22 Men's 50 26 posts | Gary the call would be out by the umpire if in fact the ball beat the runner there. The fact that the first baseman was touching part of the orange bag was mute since you said he was touching part of the white bag also. He just cannot touch only the orange bag. There are a couple of associations that on an bad through allows the first baseman to use either bag to avoid a collision. But most only allow the white bag for a put out. |
| May 24, 2007 DesertGuy Men's 60 224 posts | Gary33- RonD is right. The specific rule in the ssusa rule book is 13.3(1) in the endnote: "Important: The defending player has only the white baseinside fair territory to make the putout; his touch of only the bag in foul territory will not result in an out." It makes sense to me, since the orange bag in foul territory is a player safety item and is not in the fair territory of the playing field. It's a lot like the scoring home plate. |
| May 24, 2007 softballer Men's 65 594 posts | thats what i said ! good job! |
