Strange, almost troll like, situation

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Originally Posted by bob jenkins

What's the source for that interp? I'm not doubting you, I just haven't seen it (or don't recall seeing it).

I'll have to try and remember, Bob, but trust me, from what I remember being told, it is a fair ball.

Grey, you are incorrect that a ball that falls untouched halfway between 2nd and the mound then rolls foul would be foul. Even common sense would dictate otherwise.

The concept of the diagonal of the square was devised to determine just what "past first or third base" would be when the ball doesn't go straight down either line. There has to be a "point" at which the ball would be fair when it goes into the infield but rebounds back foul. Grey's logic would mean that theoretically, a ball that falls into center field untouched but ricochets back foul before first base would consequently be foul. No way, since it passed the line connecting first and third base. (Never mind the fact that it landed beyond second base.)