[QUOTE=bob jenkins]
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Originally Posted by GarthB
I'd also like to know what will happen if an umpire declares the ball to be "foul" and replay shows it is "fair"? Where will the runners be placed?
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Bob,
This already happened this year, but without replay involved. Third base umpire Randy Marsh (cc) called a ground ball down the third base line foul that Plate Umpire Angel Hernandez--surprise, surprise, huh?--came out and changed to a fair ball. Whether the ball was actually fair or foul is, IMHO, irrelevant--it was really impossible to tell via replay. The umpires huddled together and decided to award the batter a hit. I don't recall the particulars--someone correct me if I'm wrong here--but I think they placed the B-R on second.
I can tell you this much: I was told by my friend that the call should have remained foul once Marsh ruled it such, regardless of whether it was, in reality, fair. I suppose the fact that Angel was involved doesn't surprise many of us.