Fair or foul??

[Alameda]

I had this exact play last night. Righty pulls it down the 3rd base line, it curves over the 3rd base bag sideways, never actually making it past the bag into the OF before hitting foul territory. Fortunately, earlier that day, I remembered specifically reading in Rule 1 "Fair Territory".

"A fair ball is a legally batted ball that:

B. Bounds over or past 1st or 3rd, which is in fair territory, regardless of where the ball hits after going over the base."


Since it doesn't specify, I hoped I was right in including "Bounds over the base sideways into foul territory". Looks like I was, phew.

[Edited by Alameda on Apr 8th, 2005 at 02:59 PM]