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Originally Posted by bsnalex
So unless I'm reading this wrong--do these definitions contradict one-another?
ISF Rules
1.29.b
A fair ball is a legally batted ball which bounds past first or third base on or over fair territory, regardless of where the ball hits after going over the base.
1.37.c
A foul ball is a legally batted ball which first touches on foul territory beyound first or third base.
So what one is saying is a ball that sails on the fly over third base in fair territory but lands in foul territory is both fair and foul?
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In simpler terms, for a ball to "bound" past first or third base, it has had to already touched the ground prior to the base. In the definition of a foul ball, it states that the first time the ball touches the ground is beyond the base.
No contradiction