Fair or foul?

[WestMichBlue]

Originally Posted by kab9

LF is in fair territory, fly ball in foul. Fielder drops ball while still standing in fair territory. What's the cacll? Placement of ball should take precedent as ball would have been foul regardless of whether the fielder attempted a catch. It might seem like a no brainer (it did to me) but it caused quite a discussion. Opposing team insisted that player's position is what makes the determination. I stuck with my original call of foul. Who is right? I hope I don't come across as sounding stupid, but I had the same occur in a state tournament last year and same argument arose.

No, you are not stupid, but the others are ignorant. Check the ASA definition of FAIR and read exactly what you stated - position of ball, not defender.

WMB

[CecilOne]

Just tell them it's foul ball, not foul player!

This problem usually comes from:
- confusion with the out of play line, live/dead ball based on player's feet
- basketball and football coaches

[Dakota]

Made a similar foul ball call last night. Fielder was straddling the line. Comment from the fans were to tell her (the fielder) to keep both her feet in fair territory next time.

I ignored it. And this was 16U ball, too. Sigh.

[greymule]

A couple of years ago, the announcers of the LL World Series informed the viewing audience that "if the third baseman had been able to keep his feet in fair territory on that ground ball, he could have fielded that [foul] ball and had a play at 1B."

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by greymule

A couple of years ago, the announcers of the LL World Series informed the viewing audience that "if the third baseman had been able to keep his feet in fair territory on that ground ball, he could have fielded that [foul] ball and had a play at 1B."

And then they showed up at Tom's game last night.