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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
I think (but it's hard to tell with your writing style), that you are mis-interpreting "play on" when the ball contacts an object in fair territory. It does not mean "the ball is fair"; it means "the ball is not yet fair or foul and what happens later will determine whether it becomes fair or foul."
IOW, if the ball touches a foreign object in foul territory, we recognize the touch and declare the ball foul. If the ball touches a foreign object in fair territory, we ignore the touch and treat it just as if the ball took a funny hop.
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I would caution young umpires to be careful reading that pebble = helmet argument. I find half of it to be very weak. A pebble is treated very differently. After reading through the material, I would say BOB also provides the best answer above.
The play continues when the ball is touched or settles over fair territory and NO longer "remains in PLAY" if it is declared FOUL.
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Originally Posted by SDS
You really are the guy that "tastes the buttery crust," aren't you?  |
Butter one more UP by the way. I would be willing to entertain thoughts about a falling player loosing both his cap and glove after colliding with an umpire in the vicinity of home plate. {All for one and one for all.} Glad the coaches and fans I know don't really pay much attention to this rule because that umpire is highly QUALIFIED not to be there in the first place. I would be willing to bet the rules would change after a lengthy protest and another coaches poll. I would have missed test item #33 too. Please comment if you know of a real situation where the possibility of the likeness of any of these events may have occurred. Gotta get the word out to those pollsters.