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

I played D1, 1Band coached D1, infielders but don’t take my word for it. Go find yourself a glove and do it your way - step across with you glove hand and stretch across as far as you can, and then use the entire bag and use the other foot to stretch in the same direction, which I described. You pick up about 6 inches.