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I'm gonna go out on a limb and disagree here. In FED ball at least!
NFHS rule (2-15-1d) states that a foul ball is one that "while over foul territory, touches...any object foreign to the natural ground"
I would then have to say a fair ball would be exactly the same but in "fair territory".
The bat is not part of the "natural ground". It becomes part of the playing field that all fielders must contend with.
I've never seen this, so I've never had to call anything like this (probably now I'll see it 3 times tonight!) but I'd probably judge this to be a fair ball.
I'm ready for my execution now!
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