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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
Let's start cleanly.
The orange bag is in foul territory; and it isn't the natural ground. BUT,
A bounding ball that starts fair CAN cross the fair white base and still touch the orange base; if it crosses the fair white base, it is a fair ball, NO MATTER WHERE IT LANDS, RIGHT?? See fair ball definition (B).
Judgment call. Touching the orange bag (which is in foul territory, and is foreign to the natural ground, but both points are possibly immaterial) does not preclude it from also being a fair ball.
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Does the ball have to pass ALL the white base or any part of it?
To get scientific about it...a ball bouncing FROM fair territory that does NOT hit the front of the orange base (which would be foul), but DOES bounce on the top of the orange, and has passed over some of the white. Is this fair?
I say it is.
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Last edited by teebob21; Sun Aug 21, 2016 at 02:33am.
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