Batter walks

[Guest KAC]

If a batter is walked and he over runs first base can the runner be tagged out while off the base. 

[maven]

This used to be a rules difference depending on code, but FED (HS rules) recently changed to match the others.

The answer is no: the same provisions apply to a walk as to a single.

[noumpere]

16 hours ago, Guest KAC said:

If a batter is walked and he over runs first base can the runner be tagged out while off the base. 

See maven.  But, Including, if the runner fails to return immediately (umpire judgment) to first, or if he makes a move toward second, he would be out if tagged.

 

(corrected to be more clear.  Thanks to Coach Rich for pointing this out.)

[Rich Ives]

3 hours ago, noumpere said:

See maven.  But, if the runner fails to return immediately (umpire judgment) to first, or if he makes a move toward second, he would be out if tagged.

IOW it's just like on a single. 

 

[maven]

1 hour ago, Rich Ives said:

IOW it's just like on a single. 

Noumpere sometimes adds to an answer to help with the question the OP might have wanted to ask, but didn't.

He's pretty good at it, too. I had the same thought. But I'll usually wait to see whether the OP returns with a followup question.