Rule Question - First base

[Comp]

For there to be running lane interference there must be a throw and it must be a quality throw. If the throw is uncatchable how has the runner interfered with the defenses ability to receive the ball?

 

[JohnPitcher]

In order to be protected from interference the runner must be outside the line until the final step or 2. Sounds like they got it right.

This.

 

[Charblue]

So is it a rule that righties have to run to the outside of the line? NFHS?

The rule makes no allowance for the batter-runner's status as a hitter, whether right or left-handed. The rule applies to the runner's right of way on the path to first base regardless of a visibly marked running lane or single or double-base standard, which is a base running safety consideration seeking to avoid base-running wrecks at first base. In recent years, NFHS rules have been altered to clarify a BR's status vis a vi interference and obstruction calls at first.

When a running lane is provided, a BR is protected until their destination at first so long as the BR remains in line or within the confines of the foul line or lane marking. If a BR is hit with a throw on any step outside the foul line or running lane, the runner has interfered with the defensive play and is declared out. This is a dead ball violation and all runners return to their previous base.

When a double base is part of the field, the runner and first baseman each have their own base on the interior (white) and the exterior (colored) straddling the foul line. There is no base running requirement that a runner and fielder use the separately provided bases except in certain situations such as double play attempts.

 

[Charblue]

For there to be running lane interference there must be a throw and it must be a quality throw. If the throw is uncatchable how has the runner interfered with the defenses ability to receive the ball?

The throw itself only matters if it strikes the runner because the quality of the throw is impacted by the location of the runner in relation to the angle of it to the base and first baseman. The rule is designed to protect runners and the defense in making plays at first.

 

[Greatdaytobeawildcat]

The rule makes no allowance for the batter-runner's status as a hitter, whether right or left-handed. The rule applies to the runner's right of way on the path to first base regardless of a visibly marked running lane or single or double-base standard, which is a base running safety consideration seeking to avoid base-running wrecks at first base. In recent years, NFHS rules have been altered to clarify a BR's status vis a vi interference and obstruction calls at first.

When a running lane is provided, a BR is protected until their destination at first so long as the BR remains in line or within the confines of the foul line or lane marking. If a BR is hit with a throw on any step outside the foul line or running lane, the runner has interfered with the defensive play and is declared out. This is a dead ball violation and all runners return to their previous base.

When a double base is part of the field, the runner and first baseman each have their own base on the interior (white) and the exterior (colored) straddling the foul line. There is no base running requirement that a runner and fielder use the separately provided bases except in certain situations such as double play attempts.

Comp covered this, but no - just being hit by the throw outside the running lane is not automatically interference. The runner must interfere with the fielder's ability to field the throw. If a pitcher just picks up the ball and pegs the runner with a throw that's not "to" the fielder, that's not an out.

The second bolded part - not really clear from the way you worded it, but I would say: on any play at first, on a throw from fair territory that doesn't take the fielder into foul territory, the runner must use the colored portion of the base, and the fielder must use the white portion. (also the bags don't "straddle" the foul line - the white portion is on the foul line - entirely in fair territory, and the colored portion is outside the foul line - entirely in foul territory.)

 

[Comp]

"When a running lane is provided"

The running lane always exists marked or not. In fact every line on the field exists marked or not

 

[The Man In Blue]

Reads recent posts ... shakes his head ... goes back to "fall retirement."

Too much of that was incorrect.