Out of the Box? Maybe not!

[youngump]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

In my opinion, in this case (foul batted ball), the PU should have accepted the additional information (box is wrong) same as "yes, pulled foot", corrected and moved on. Maybe you eat the fair ball, but this was an easy fix.

Can you really say this was a fair or foul ball? The call of dead ball prevented anything else from happening, no? What if it were a dribbler up the first base line moving in and out of foul territory that no one bothered to keep from going fair. It seems like a can of worms to dig through (though I guess it was already open).

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by youngump

Can you really say this was a fair or foul ball? The call of dead ball prevented anything else from happening, no? What if it were a dribbler up the first base line moving in and out of foul territory that no one bothered to keep from going fair. It seems like a can of worms to dig through (though I guess it was already open).

Yes, I say it was foul because Link, the only one that was there on this thread, says it was foul. What basis do you have to dispute that?

[youngump]

Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve

Yes, I say it was foul because Link, the only one that was there on this thread, says it was foul. What basis do you have to dispute that?

If the ball was dead at the moment of contact, then when the ball became dead it was over fair territory. Nothing that happened to it after that matters. I realize it's a fairly easy sell if it was fouled straight off into the fence to say it was going to be foul anyway. But I just don't see how that can be part of how you correct it in general because some foul balls might have ended up fair if played differently.