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Originally Posted by Tru_in_Blu
Are you sure the "touching part" is what really matters?
The rule states "settles or is touched on or over fair territory...
So theoretically, and maybe physically, the bottom of the ball could be touching foul territory just outside the chalk, but a portion of the ball is "over" fair territory (as the foul line should probably be called the fair line).
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settles or
is touched on or over fair territory...
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