Fair Ball or Foul Ball

NFBaseball10+ posts

A ball hits in front of the 1st base. Then bounces over it and lands foul and rolls to the fence. Is that a fair ball?

I was watching the softball WS last night and that happened. To me it should have the a foul ball. Why is it fair?

Confused. Thanks

6/2/089:28 AM

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piaa_ump5,000+ posts

a fair ball is a batted ball that has not yet become a foul ball, and that...

settles on fair ground between home and first base, or between home and third base, or
is on or over fair territory when bounding past first or third base, or
touches first, second, or third base, or
touches the person of an umpire or player while the ball is on or over fair ground (but a batted ball touching the batter in the batter's box, or bouncing off the ground and immediately hitting the bat is foul even if the contact is over fair territory), or
passes out of the playing field in flight while over fair ground, or
touches any part of the foul pole, including an attached screen, in flight.

First base is completely in fair territory and a ball bounding over it is a fair ball...........especially with multiple umpires on each base in championship series games.....sometimes it may be hard to determine in a 2-man system with a base umpire not on the line.....and the plate man 90' away.....

6/2/089:44 AM

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archangel10+ posts

quote:
sometimes it may be hard to determine in a 2-man system with a base umpire not on the line.....and the plate man 90' away.....

...or watching it on TV....

6/2/081:39 PM

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