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In response to "Sheet, I'm getting conflicting opinions... Time for some research" by Guigue

Offical baseball rules

Posted by znufrii Jun 28 '12, 13:11

A FAIR BALL is a batted ball that settles on fair ground between home and first
base, or between home and third base, or that is on or over fair territory when bounding to
the outfield past first or third base, or that touches first, second or third base, or that first
falls on fair territory on or beyond first base or third base, or that, while on or over fair
territory touches the person of an umpire or player, or that, while over fair territory, passes
out of the playing field in flight.

A FOUL BALL is a batted ball that settles on foul territory between home and first
base, or between home and third base, or that bounds past first or third base on or over foul
territory, or that first falls on foul territory beyond first or third base, or that, while on or
over foul territory, touches the person of an umpire or player, or any object foreign to the
natural ground.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2011/Official_Baseball_Rules.pdf (mlb.mlb.com)

Responses:

I saw those, I just felt like "touches a player" was possibly not the same as "the player attempts a play" - Guigue Jun 28, 13:15 3
- does he touch it in the course of trying to make the play? -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 13:17 2
  - Yes -- nm - Guigue Jun 28, 13:19 1
    - then it should be clear by the definition that the fair-or-foulness depends on where the ball is when it is touched. -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 13:20

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