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Originally Posted by UmpTTS43
If the batter has one of his two feet on the ground completely outside of the batter's box and has contact with the fair ball. INT
If the batter has two feet in the box or one in and the other in the air when contact is made. FOUL
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Hold on, a ball which strikes the BR while he's in the box is one thing. Ball goes straight down and immediately bounces into the B, sure foul.
BR touching a batted ball is another. Consider a pop up, nobody see's where it went, BR starts for first as F2 steps on the plate they collide, nothing so far, this should be ruled incidental contact thus far. Now the fair ball comes down and srikes BR on the helmet as he has one foot on the plate and one in the box, ball goes into dugout. He ain't getting no double outta me, he's out for being touched by his fair batted ball.
According to
OBR.6.05 A batter is out when—
(g) His fair ball touches him before touching a fielder;