Is it Fair of foul

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

If baseball it's foul because it hit an object foreign to the natural ground while in foul territory. There is a post above that says the same in softball.

Then the baseball folks are pretty stupid. How can you call a ball foul AFTER it has already met the qualifications of a fair ball?

In your statement, a bounding ball which hits fair behind 1B must be declared foul if it subsequently hits a stray hot dog wrapper of anything else.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Then the baseball folks are pretty stupid. How can you call a ball foul AFTER it has already met the qualifications of a fair ball?

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OP: "Batter hit a ground ball in fair territory but is heading foul, then hits the orange base in foul territory . . "

Where did it meet the qualifications for a fair ball? It went up the line and hit the colored part of the base. Foreign object in foul territory. What do you think made it fair? Foul all day.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

OP: "Batter hit a ground ball in fair territory but is heading foul, then hits the orange base in foul territory . . "

Where did it meet the qualifications for a fair ball? It went up the line and hit the colored part of the base. Foreign object in foul territory. What do you think made it fair? Foul all day.

You obviously didn't read my response. No, the OP did not state the ball went up the line, but that it was in fair territory. The fact that it touched the orange base has no more bearing than the location of the fielder's feet when touching a ball in flight. The location and path of the ball, OTOH, have everything to do with the appropriate call

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

You obviously didn't read my response. No, the OP did not state the ball went up the line, but that it was in fair territory. The fact that it touched the orange base has no more bearing than the location of the fielder's feet when touching a ball in flight. The location and path of the ball, OTOH, have everything to do with the appropriate call

It hit a foreign object in foul territory before passing the base. It's foul.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

It hit a foreign object in foul territory before passing the base. It's foul.

Where does the OP state it hit the orange before crossing over the white portion of the base? It doesn't.

My response was situational because the OP lacked specifics.