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Old Tue Jul 12, 2011, 01:33pm
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Originally Posted by youngump View Post
Thread hijack alert. Third world alert.

I guess I've never noticed the second part you marked there and while it's difficult to imagine it coming into play would you ignore it if it did. Situation.
*-2 count and batter decides to bunt anyway. Third baseman seeing this breaks in hard and the batter decides to bunt as hard as possible in an attempt to get past the third baseman. The ball is popped up over the third baseman and lands foul in the outfield. Ruling?
I would (selfishly) refer again to the most narrow definition of "outfield", and judge that what you described isn't to "that portion of the field in fair territory which is normally covered by the outfielders.

Frankly never noticed the "fair" requirement before, myself (so no foul anything is in the "outfield"), but in normal play, the player with the most likely chance to make the play you describe is the shortstop. Foul bunt, batter out.
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