Is that fair?

[bsaucer]

Is any portion of the batter's box in fair territory? Assuming so, if the batter stands with one foot in the fair portion of the box, and his batted ball hits this foot, what is the ruling?

[UmpJM]

bsaucer,

Originally Posted by bsaucer

Is any portion of the batter's box in fair territory?

Yes.

Assuming so, if the batter stands with one foot in the fair portion of the box, and his batted ball hits this foot, what is the ruling?

FOUL!!

JM

[UmpTTS43]

Originally Posted by bsaucer

Is any portion of the batter's box in fair territory? Assuming so, if the batter stands with one foot in the fair portion of the box, and his batted ball hits this foot, what is the ruling?

Just over 13% of the total size of the box.

Ditto to what JM said.

[ozzy6900]

Unless the batter is Tiny Tim, some part of him is going to be in foul territory and that's all it takes to make a ball foul.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Unless the batter is Tiny Tim, some part of him is going to be in foul territory and that's all it takes to make a ball foul.

I don't follow.

By (a literal reading of the) rule, the batter would be out if he's hit by a fair ball in fair territory. It wouldn't matter that one foot (the foot not hit by the ball) was in foul territory.

By interp, it's foul if it hits the batter while the batter is still in the box. It's a common question for newer umpires.

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I don't follow.

By (a literal reading of the) rule, the batter would be out if he's hit by a fair ball in fair territory. It wouldn't matter that one foot (the foot not hit by the ball) was in foul territory.

By interp, it's foul if it hits the batter while the batter is still in the box. It's a common question for newer umpires.

In Fed, it is plainly written, though. OBR, there's nothing to defend the "in the box" rule.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

Unless the batter is Tiny Tim, some part of him is going to be in foul territory and that's all it takes to make a ball foul.

What? Whatever happened to "it's the location of the ball, not the player"?

As Bob said, it's by interpretation and tradition that we call a foul when a batter is hit while in the box, regardless of where in the box.

[UmpTTS43]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

What? Whatever happened to "it's the location of the ball, not the player"?

As Bob said, it's by interpretation and tradition that we call a foul when a batter is hit while in the box, regardless of where in the box.

Unless the batter is hit with his fair ball while he has one foot on the ground completely out of the batter's box. The new rules will reflect this currently enforced interpretation.

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by UmpTTS43

Unless the batter is hit with his fair ball while he has one foot on the ground completely out of the batter's box. The new rules will reflect this currently enforced interpretation.

If he's hit with his foot completely out of the batter's box, he's not in the batter's box.