Ball hits bat on ground

[blueump]

Originally posted by CoachJM
blueump,

While you have posed a reasonable "train of logic" regarding the "foreign object", it is not correct.

While contact with a "foreign object" over foul territory does determine a batted ball's foul/fair status, the only "foreign objects" in fair territory where contact determines a batted ball's foul/fair status are the bases/bags (with the exception of home plate).

JM

Not stating this to cause an argument...again I may be wrong here....but what source are you using to call a bat a "non-foreign object". My rulebook uses the words "foreign to natural ground". Last time I looked, bats weren't growing out of the ground here in Michigan! LOL