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Originally Posted by youngump
We go over this every once in a while here. The rule is just wrong there. A ball which bounds over the color portion also bounding over the white partion is fair. The rules have a contradiction but just ignore it.
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IMO, the rule is accurate when applied in order of its presentation. The first determines the ball as fair. Once a ball is fair, I do not believe there is any circumstance when that same batted ball can properly/legally be declared foul.
82N1 addresses the ball passing over or contacting the white portion.
82N2 addresses the ball passing over or contacting
only the contrasting color portion.
However, I agree the rules in 8.2.N could be worded better simply by adding the word "only" to 82N2