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

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The reason you see so many people do it like that is because in that situation they’re doing it correctly and you’re the one who is wrong. This is pretty basic.

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The only time might be a thro directly down the first base line from the plate area. Regardless it is absurd for a first baseman to give up about an extra foot of radius which might allow a fast runner to beat the throw. What you are suggesting is for the first baseman to stand like cigar store Indian and hope the throw is not beyond his reduced range which is exactly what happened. The throw was off target but Jones could have easily caught it if he had positioned properly.