JM,
I got the same question many years ago from some new umpires. At the next clinic, I began teaching that the foul poles and the foul lines are really the fair poles and the fair lines. The students seem a bit confused at first but they get the idea after a while. I have never gotten that question since from anyone that has been through our training!
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Ozzy
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