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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
Plus, the ball is fair or foul as soon as it's touched. It doesn't become caught until some time later (it might be just an instant later).
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Exactly. The reason we point fair when it's touched is the player could fall or take a few more steps and run into a fence that separates the player from the ball and we'd have no catch with the player now 10 feet or more in foul ground. Pretty hard to sell a fair ball at this point. Point the ball fair on the touch and follow the rest of the play until we either have a catch or no catch.