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Originally Posted by topper
My understanding of a play involves the opportunity to retire a batter, batter-runner, or runner. This can't happen when the ball is rolling in foul territory.
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But it can if the ball crosses the line before the fielder contacts it. A fielder has a right to field the batted ball unhindered.
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Ignoring the contact and calling the ball foul once F1 touched it foul seems to be the only book-supported option.
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How is ignoring the contact supported by the book? Are you relying on the head-of-a-pin argument that the offensive player is still just a batter? Since we have a live batted ball at the time of the contact, and the ball has not yet been declared fair or foul, your argument is this gives the ephemeral batter/batter-runner free reign to plow over the fielder?