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Originally Posted by zebra2955
Thinking about this some more, how does a plate umpire tell if the ball is close to this imaginary line and then does spin back.
It could land let say a point half way between 1st and the mound or third and the mound and then spin back. Be past the imaginary line. The plate ump would have a tough time seeing this. Could the base ump help with this and how would he do it.
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Yes, BU can help. But, once the uncaught ball is called "foul" it's foul, even if the umpire was "wrong."
On your OP, a batted ball is initially neither fair nor foul. Once it becomes one or the other, then the status is set and can't be changed.