[QUOTE]Gee: The major league umpire is trying to determine if the ball is TOUCHING the foul line.
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I thought he was trying to determine if the ball was on or over the foul line.
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Give me a break. You're 70 years old and from home plate you could not tell if the rightside quadrant of a batted ball broke the plane of the leftside quadrant of the foul line at the bag. You couldn't do it if you were 18. Ted Williams (20/10) couldn't do it in his prime.
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Who is talking about passing over the bag? We are talking about a still ball very close to the foul line and trying to determine if the ball is on or over fair territory. As was stated in the original thread, it is. Simple, fair ball.
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It's ridiculous to discuss it further, and I bow out now.
BTW: How do you stand on a batted ball that passes through the plane of the foul pole (but doesn't touch it) and over the fence? Home run, Gee?
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If I understand you correctly and I think I do. I've got a home run. G.