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Situation; High school baseball batter hits a ground ball in the infield the play is going to be close and the batter slides in head first two hands reach the bag safely, he does not overslide the bag and pops up onto the bag, the firstbaseman fields the wild throw going up the right field line he comes around the umpire (second base side) and tags the runner who is now three feet off the bag in the baseline towards second base. He or his coach never asked for "time". What is the call....I have an out, two steps off the first base bag towards second in the basepath. Just dumb!

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seems like an out to me, if I'm understanding your description correctly.

 

batter beats throw.  Throw is wild. First baseman goes up the line to get the ball, at the same time as the batter jumps to his feet and takes three steps toward second.  First baseman tags him while he's off the base and in fair territory moving toward second base.

 

is that an accurate description?

This is what I have read in the rulebook; 8-4-2h 1.If the batter-runner safely touches first base and then overslides or overruns it  (Which he did not), except on a base on ball, he may immediatly return to first base without liability of being tagged oout, provided he did not attempt to run or feint to second (Which he did not).

Well, my call would be out.   I think if he's off the bag in the direction of second base and in the base path, I think it would be reasonable to call him out.  He's in fair territory, off the base, in a direct line toward second, and you CAN'T READ HIS MIND, so intent is irrelevant (in my humble view).  How old is this kid?  I know HS, but 9th grade (which would be somewhat understandable) or a senior (which would be inexplicable, to me).

 

From what you describe, he did not overslide or overrun the base.  If he popped up on the base and was stopped and under control, standing on the base, he's just a normal, garden variety base runner with no protection at all.  Is that what happened? 

 

If so, if he chooses to wander off the base while the ball is live, it doesn't matter which direction he wanders. He is liable to being put out. 

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