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Old Fri Aug 06, 2010, 03:37pm
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fair/foul

I'm surprised there hasn't been a thread on this yet. Anyway, if you ever doubted the ignorance of the public concerning baseball rules, read the comments on this article. They're approaching 2,000 by now.

Cry foul: Marlins dispute clarity of umpire Bob Davidson's vision - Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
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Old Fri Aug 06, 2010, 03:51pm
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Some might say the thread started at 10:07...but we aren't supposed to talk about that thread.
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some might say the thread started at 10:07...but we aren't supposed to talk about that thread.
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Old Fri Aug 06, 2010, 03:51pm
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There is ... sort of - see my thread on Kudos. We were trying to avoid this, you know.

ANd yes - people's ignorance is astounding (see SportsNation as well for the same kind of idiocy).
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Old Fri Aug 06, 2010, 03:53pm
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There is ... sort of - see my thread on Kudos. We were trying to avoid this, you know.

ANd yes - people's ignorance is astounding (see SportsNation as well for the same kind of idiocy).
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Old Fri Aug 06, 2010, 04:35pm
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I briefly scanned that kudos thread. As soon as I saw "rising fastball" I left.

Apparently there's a website where some clown explains fair versus foul, and many of the posters are relying on it for information. These are the people calling other posters fools, morons, idiots, etc., for not knowing this simple universal rule of baseball:

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If the ball first lands on the outside of [a foul] line, away from where the fielders are positioned, the ball is foul. It does not matter if the ball is in the infield or the outfield.

One guy says the ball was fowl. Another says where it goes past third plate doesn't matter.
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Old Fri Aug 06, 2010, 04:43pm
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I briefly scanned that kudos thread. As soon as I saw "rising fastball" I left.

Apparently there's a website where some clown explains fair versus foul, and many of the posters are relying on it for information. These are the people calling other posters fools, morons, idiots, etc., for not knowing this simple universal rule of baseball:

[from the website]

If the ball first lands on the outside of [a foul] line, away from where the fielders are positioned, the ball is foul. It does not matter if the ball is in the infield or the outfield.

One guy says the ball was fowl. Another says where it goes past third plate doesn't matter.
Yes ... the stupid on that site scares the heck out of me. My 12 year old knows this rule. I knew it when I was 12 (probably younger). How do people function with this level of stupid in them?
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Old Fri Aug 06, 2010, 07:33pm
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How do people function with this level of stupid in them?
Easy. They become color commentators.
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Old Fri Aug 06, 2010, 03:51pm
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Yea I got a good chuckle out of it.

It bounced in fair territory right after the bag, what's the problem?????????????????????

Had Davidson been any closer to the play, he would have been hit!!!!
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