re: First baseman had wrong foot on the bag restricting his ability to stretch for the throw

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The right handed first baseman should have had his right foot on the bag

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Yes after he saw where the ball was thrown.

I may be wrong here, but I always thought that if given time the first baseman should put both heels against the bag and face the player throwing v the ball from the infield and only react to the throw by stepping into cstch the ball.

In the case of this play the step would have been to the left with his left foot; however, if the throw was towards the second baseman he would leave his left foot on the base and step right as needed.

There is no predetermined foot on the bag.