Can you overrun first base on a walk

Is the runner out? Can you overrun first base and turn inward without being live to be tagged out? At what point do you become live and taggable? ALSO - If there were errors on the field does the runner who overran first base have to come back and touch first base before running to second Base? And can a batter who receives a walk safely overrun first base? The key point to the rule is that the batter-runner "returns immediately to the base.

If there is any attempt to go towards second base, then he is considered not returning immediately and he is a live cottontail bunny with 9 boys with. This usually happens on an overthrow type of play and the moment the batter-runner makes a jerk or move to even fake a run to second he is considered live and taggable for an out. While umpiring in the AAA division we see lots of strange plays, usually due to player inexperience.

By: Clint Pumphrey. You're up to bat. The pitcher winds up and slings the ball toward the plate. With a well-timed swing, you send a grounder hurtling through the infield grass to the shortstop. As he dives to intercept the ball, you worry that his throw to first base may beat you there and the umpire will call you out. Luckily, you don't have to slow down and stop at the base. The rules of baseball allow the batter, with certain restrictions, to run past first base without having to worry about being tagged out.

In case you want to look it up, the regulation that allows batters to overrun first base is found in Major League Baseball's "Official Baseball Rules" under section 7. This statute basically says that a runner is out when he is tagged off of a base, except when he overruns or overslides first base and then immediately returns to it more about that last part in a bit.

So after hitting the ball, a batter can run full steam until he steps on first base, then continue past it, staying right of the foul line while he slows down, turns and walks back to the bag. But why would you, as the batter, want to overrun first? As the above example illustrates, running past the base allows you to get there faster, decreasing the chance that you'll be thrown out if the play is close.

Batters usually use this tactic when they hit a ground ball to the infield; doing it if you pop the ball up in the air or hit it to the outfield doesn't really make sense because there isn't likely to be a play at first base. Plus, if you hit a ball to the outfield, it's usually best to hang a left at first base in case you can keep running to second. While overrunning first base can help you beat the fielder's throw, you can still be called out in certain situations.

Remember that part of the rule that says the runner has to return to the bag immediately after running past it? Personally, I would not call a kid out for hustling down to first on a walk I like your teaching philosophy and F3 is waiting there with the ball in his glove to tag him if he takes one extra step.

A pet peeve of mine is coaches who teach their kids to throw over to first in a no lead-off situation under LL rules and have F3 hold the glove on the runners head hoping he will stumble off of first. After two of these, I call time and instruct the coach to knock it off. I've never had a coach complain or whine maybe it's my tone of voice?

What do kids learn from holding the glove on a player's head? If you touch a baserunner with the ball it freezes him and he's automatically out if he steps off the base all the way up until the next time the ball is hit. Funny thing though, I can't find that one in my Official Baseball Rules, they must have inadvertantly left it out.

Here is the official interpretation directly from the Umpire's Manual, a document not normally made public: 5. However, a runner is required to touch all bases in order.