Thu Jun 06, 2013, 02:26pm
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Stirrer of the Pot
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Lowcountry, SC
Posts: 2,380
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jTheUmp
Baseball field has a well-marked chalk dead-ball line in left field, extending from the end of the 3rd-base dugout fence to the outfield fence.
Batter hits a towering fly ball to foul territory in left.
F8, running at full speed:
a) catches the ball over live-ball territory with one foot touching in live-ball territory and the other foot in the air. The airborne foot then lands in dead-ball territory.
b) catches the ball over dead-ball territory with one foot touching in live-ball territory and the other foot in the air. The airborne foot then lands in dead-ball territory.
c) dives from live ball territory, catches the ball over live-ball territory while airborne, then lands in dead-ball territory.
D) dives from live ball territory, catches the ball over dead-ball territory while airborne, then lands in dead-ball territory.
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As it turned out, this play happened in a FED game with 2 outs in the top of the 7th, with the visiting team down 2 runs and runners on 1st and 2nd.
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Ummmm, which play happened? You posed four different scenarios; they couldn't have all happened at once! 
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