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Old Mon Sep 26, 2011, 02:03pm
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Originally Posted by mbcrowder View Post
Let me ask you this... the status of the ball is nothing until it becomes something, yes? So despite the fact that we WILL have IFF if the ball stays fair, at the instant the ball hits the batter, we do not have IFF. Live batter hit by live ball in fair territory - what do YOU do?
Relax, Mike, I'm just playing.

What's weird about the case is that the BR is not out until the ball is fair (IFF), but it's not fair until he's out (INT).

To put it otherwise: the ball touching him both makes it fair and makes him guilty of INT.

I like INT.
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