Fair or Foul?

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monarch
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Batter hits ball 30' down 3rd base line; ball hits chalk and rolls into foul territory.

Fair or foul ball?

Case of Shiner hanging on this.
Floorguy
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Fair
CWS94
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Foul. It doesn't matter if the ball hits fair BEFORE third base, it matters if it is fair when it goes by 3rd base. Best example is a bunt that rolls down in fair territory and then rolls fail before getting to the base.
jkag89
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And if that same ball rolls fair again before passing the bag it a fair ball, this is why you see fielders immediately pick up the ball once it rolls over the baseline.
Aggie
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Thats a pretty easy question
Lance Uppercut
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Foul. It's why infielders are watching a bunt so closely.

A ball is judged fair or foul based on when it stops/is stopped by a player in front of the bag or by where it was when it went past or over a bag itself. Here's a weird one from the LLWS.

[This message has been edited by Lance Uppercut (edited 7/13/2014 10:23p).]
Aggie
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quote:
. Best example is a bunt that rolls down in fair territory and then rolls fail before getting to the base.


Don't know of many bunts that make it all the way to the bag.

Ball has to come to a complete stop in fair territory without being touched or be touched in fair territory before going into foul terrority or be in fair territory when it crosses 1st or 3rd base or hits 1st or 3rd base to be a fair ball.
Pretty simple
94chem
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Wish I could find someone to bet a case on the wrong side of such an easy question. Foul, of course.
monarch
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I win the Shiner. The correct answer is Foul Ball. My next door neighbor loses.
Sandman98
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Someone made a bet that this was a fair ball?
ColoradoMooseHerd
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You need to move if you live in a neighborhood with people this stupid
ColoradoMooseHerd
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Actually starting to think Monarch actually lost the bet and was too embarrassed to post it.
96ags
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quote:
Batter hits ball 30' down 3rd base line; ball hits chalk and rolls into foul territory.

Fair or foul ball?

Case of Shiner hanging on this.


I would say the technical answer is, NEITHER.

Until the ball stops or is touched, it is a live ball and yet to be determined fair or foul.
spanky
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^^^ Correct
zagman
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"Everybody knows that"!

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