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#2 does not provide enough specific information. A batter's foot can be in fair territory and the batter's box at the same time and, by rule, that makes a difference in the call.
From the OP: 2. Right-handed batter bunts. She has one foot in fair territory and the other still in the box when the ball bounces up and hits her in the chest in fair territory.
I thought the italicized part would indicate that the foot in fair territory was out of the box, but it is ambiguous. I envisioned the foot out of the box.
Both my plays are outs, which is what I figured they had to be, even though I have been giving too much "benefit of the doubt" to the batter in #2.
However, the batter can certainly contact a ball in fair territory and still have both feet in the box (see the bunt play above). And that's a foul ball.
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