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

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Right. But your scenario is trying to prepare for the harder play. That’s not how baseball works. Everyone has assigned jobs to do. Milazzo in this case did not do his assigned job which is delivering the ball in the window that Jones appropriately provided him.

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A good first baseman always prepares for an errant throw. He cannot assume every play and throw is made properly. That's absurd. No question Milazzo executed poorly but Jones still could have saved the ball from leaving the field.