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Originally posted by oppool
If the throw from fair territory brings F3 completly off of the bag in foul territory and the ball was caught on the fly the fielder may touch the orange side of the bag for the out
The other way I heard it was
If the fielder catches the ball in flight even in foul territory he must still come back to the white side. Only if the ball contacts the ground in foul territory is it then the fielder is able to make the out coming back to the orange side of the bag.
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This seems overly obtuse. Maybe what they are trying to say is a pulled foot is still a pulled foot - F3 can't, while stretching for the throw, pull her foot onto the orange bag for the out. This, if legal, would be a definite advantage for the defense of the double base.
If that is what they are saying, why not just say that and leave it to umpire judgment as to the difference between a pulled foot and an errant throw pulling the player into foul territory?