GENERAL BASERUNNING RULES
1. All bases, even when awarded, must be touched in order.
2. A runner may not return to touch a missed base or one he left too soon during
a dead ball if, during live action, he advanced to and touched a succeeding
base.
3. A runner establishes his base path as a direct line between where he is when
he starts to run and the base to which he must go.
4. A runner may not run more than three feet on either side of his base path
to avoid a tag.
5. A batter-runner may overrun first, except on a base on balls, if he returns
immediately to the base.
6. A batter-runner who feints an attempt (or attempts) to go to second after
overrunning first is in peril of an out.
7. After touching first, a runner may not leave the baseline, "obviously
abandoning his effort to touch the next base."
8. A runner may not pass an unobstructed, preceding runner. Penalty: The runner
is out, but the ball remains alive.
9. A runner may not get a running start behind a base when tagging on a fly
ball. Penalty: The runner is out, but the ball remains alive.
FED BASERUNNING RULES
• Slide or avoid
• General baserunning rules
• Interference
• The running lane
• Hurdling, leaping, jumping, diving
• Malicious contact
• Obstruction
• Appeals
• Awards
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