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Originally posted by chuck chopper
Mike, I think that part of the book is talking about what happens once the ball is on the ground in fair territory and then the batter steps on the ball or the ball rolls up against him. I am looking at this as if the ball went straight down into the batters box then popped up in the air & hit the batter when one foot was in & one foot was out of the box. Do you feel that is then a different situation ?
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No, it's basically a direction on the same call. For it to be anything but a foul ball:
The ball must be in fair territory.
The batter must have some part of his/her body touching the ground outside of the batter's box when contacted by the fair batted ball.
IOW, if the batter's box is a haven for the batter in this scenario. Any part of the batter is out of the box and s/he is contacted by a fair batted ball, they are in violation of 8.2.F.