Thread: fair/foul
View Single Post
  #49 (permalink)  
Old Mon Aug 09, 2010, 10:21am
asdf asdf is offline
Official Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 751
Quote:
Originally Posted by kylejt View Post
Simple geometry will tell you it passed over the bag, right? But given the same circumstance, I would have probably called it foul too.
Watch the path of the ball after each bounce.

The ball, when it hits after the bag is a couple of inches inside the line in fair territory. The next bounce is a direct hit on the line in the outfield grass.

How'd that happen ? (hint....arcs are a part of geometry)
Reply With Quote