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Originally posted by umpyre007
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Originally posted by chris s
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Warren, above you mention throwing while falling the same as having fallen? I have one HS field that has a skinned infield, slopes towards FBL.When it rains, we have a nice pig wallow area that is chalked off, gives F3 about ten feet of live ball area. Numerous times I have seen a pop foul get caught and fielder gets throw off as he is falling on his ass. I guess this would be a time play?(grin) ass hits mud before throw, award bases. Throw gets off before ass hits, play it! Would you agree?
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Under FED rules, the ball is dead if a fielder with a batted ball caught in flight steps with both feet into a dead-ball area; each runner is awarded one base. Therefore, once both of the fielder's feet pass into dead-ball territory what his ass does is immaterial. 
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U7, my answer to Chris was predicated in the originating post being about OBR and not FED rules. Although Chris mentions it was a "HS field", I didn't presume that only FED ball can be played on such a field. This is definitely NOT a criticism of your answer, which is on point and no doubt 100% accurate. Rather it is an explanation, for the benefit of the reader, of why
my earlier answer did not include the FED interpretation even presuming I had known what that was. I defer to your superior knowledge of the rules of the NFHS system.
Cheers,