Thread: Fair or Foul??
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Old Wed May 26, 2010, 11:41am
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins View Post
How is hitting "behind home plate" any different from hitting anywhere else in foul territory?

It's a fair ball, and the umpire was wrong, as presented.
Easy, Bob. Everyone gets confused when home plate is involved. It's as if home plate is an alien creature that no one knows how to deal with. We've all heard the rat screaming "How can it be a fair ball, it hit the plate!"

To our poster, pruett3

Go to your rulebook and read what makes a fair ball foul and what happens to make a foul ball fair. Forget that home plate is involved as the plate is the culmination of the 2 foul lines which puts that little 17" object smack dab in fair territory!
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