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

This is not true when receiving a ball from home.

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He wasn't receiving a throw from home in the usual sense which would be parallel to the base line with the catcher near the plate. The ball is near the mound and most often coming from the pitcher on a play like that. Milazzo was not showboating as some claim, he recognized a left handed pitcher would have to field and turn toward the base whereas he was facing that way.