The SEC: it just means more first bases.
If you’re watching the 2024 SEC baseball tournament, you might notice there are a pair of first bases as teams play for the conference. Wondering why that is? You’ve come to the right place!
Per the SEC, which is experimenting with this idea: “The purpose of the double first base is to reduce collisions between the defense and the batter-runner at first base.”
They’re two different colors so runners and umpires know which one is the first base in play — the fielder has to use the white one and the runner uses the colored base to run through until they’re on first.
That’s it!