This has about a 0.1% chance of happening to you, but you may be that 0.1%, that's why BB is the BEST!!! Okay............ A popup to the 2nd baseman hits a bird in flight. The ball falls to the ground 10 feet beyond the 1st base bag in foul territory. What's the correct call?? (Explain, don't just answer "Fair Ball/Foul Ball")
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Was it an unladen swallow? I think it results in a dead ball...I mean a dead bird. I guess Foul ball as the bird is not part of the field - no different than if a teeny tiny tornado pushed it out of bounds.
2017LHPscrewball posted:Was it an unladen swallow? I think it results in a dead ball...I mean a dead bird. I guess Foul ball as the bird is not part of the field - no different than if a teeny tiny tornado pushed it out of bounds.
your guess is incorrect.
I'm not sure of the answer, but it begs the question of how did they score the pitch that Randy Johnson threw that hit the bird? Never really thought about it till now, but I'm sure they had to score either no pitch or a ball...
Friend of mine nailed a bird when driving a ball off a tee when playing golf once........I think he took a mulligan.
I'm going with foul due to the fowl.
What was the second baseman's name? Was it Rougned "Fowl" Odor?
Then Pedro Serrano goes into a long slump. 
My brother did this. It was called a fair ball because the ball was contacted by an object in the field of play. If I remember correctly, the logic that they used was similar to a tree branch that extends over fair territory on some fields.
I would agree with coach Fair - but only because the ball passed first and/or third when the bird was hit. If the bird was hit between the mound and the plate - then I would call a foul. Now what if the ball was caught? Dead ball - again if in fair award the base - if in foul - foul. My thought is the same as if it hits an umpire in the B position before the ball reached a fielder.
Here is the answer guys............... When a batted ball strikes a bird in flight the ball is alive and in play. Fair or foul is determined by the ball's striking point on the ground.
Meff posted:Here is the answer guys............... When a batted ball strikes a bird in flight the ball is alive and in play. Fair or foul is determined by the ball's striking point on the ground.
Agree. Touching a foreign object not part of the natural ground in foul territory automatically makes a batted ball foul. But in fair territory, it remains live unless it hits a player or an umpire, so when a batted ball hits a bird over fair territory, the bird is treated as part of the air.
Also agree. Here's the interp:
6.15 BALL STRIKES BIRD OR ANIMAL
If a batted or thrown ball strikes a bird in flight or other animal on the playing field, the ball is
considered alive and in play, the same as if it had not touched the bird or animal.
If a pitched ball strikes a bird in flight or other animal on the playing field, the pitch is nullified
and play shall be resumed with the previous count.
