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Old Sun Aug 21, 2016, 10:18am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by teebob21 View Post
Does the ball have to pass ALL the white base or any part of it?
No, and you are starting to sound like a coach trying to bullshit an umpire

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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.
"Bounds over" is how the rule reads in the definition of a "fair ball". It does not demand a specific % of the base or the ball, just whether the ball goes over the base. Should be handled the same as a pitch passing over any part of the plate
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