Thread: Whats the call?
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Old Thu Dec 04, 2008, 04:42pm
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Originally Posted by Texasbock View Post
No play can be made with a "grounded" foul ball.

Right? Or is that implied?
I know the rule book uses the phrase "foul fly ball" or similar wording, but in reality there is no such thing. A fly ball is neither fair nor foul until something happens to define its status. A "caught foul fly" is actually a caught fly ball in foul territory, and it is live, and for all rules intents and purposes, a fair ball.

A foul ball has had its status defined - it is foul.
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