Fair or Foul Pole

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by DownTownTonyBrown
Bob, I am not understanding your answer. Carldog, perhaps I'm not understanding the ball's flight; what are you asking?

If the foul pole is properly positioned at junction of the foul line and the outfield fence... a ball that hits that foul pole has got to be fair....

unless you are saying that the ball is out in foul territory, beyond the distance of the fence and is being blown back towards home plate (getting closer to HP) and then hits the back side of the foul pole...

okay that I can justify as a foul ball.

I need a better description.

That's what he's saying -- and adding the point that the ball hit the foul pole below the level of the top of the fence.

That is, had there been no foul pole, only a line on the front of the fence (or even just on the grass), the ball would clearly be ruled foul. But, because the foul pole sticks out a little from the fence, the ball hit it. As I said, "impossible." But still foul.