1st / 3rd basemen straddling the bag in foul territory

[Matthew F]

'99 BRD

OFF Interp 86-221: Penalty: Deary rules that any play is nullified when a fielder is not in fair territory. (REF, 9/84) Exception: a fielder in foul ground at the time of an appeal is not a reason for canceling the appeal.


And for the record, I didn't know this either until I looked it up.

[Edited by Matthew F on Jun 27th, 2005 at 07:19 PM]