Batted ball hits second base then rolls foul

[TexBlue]

ASA definition of a fair ball states if the ball hits 1st, 2nd or 3rd base, it's a fair ball.

[Mountaineer]

Originally Posted by TexBlue

ASA definition of a fair ball states if the ball hits 1st, 2nd or 3rd base, it's a fair ball.

Same in NF - probably all rule sets.

[mcrowder]

Fair - all rulesets (and not that it's completely relevant, but all codes in baseball too).

[John Robertson]

I'd call it fair too. Has anyone actually seen this play happen?

[greymule]

The ball certainly passed both corner bags if it made it to second base

The OP of course describes a fair ball.

But be careful here. Fed may draw a fair/foul line between 1B and 3B, but other codes do not. In ASA, if a high pop lands a foot before 2B and then spins backward foul, it is a foul ball. It is not considered as having passed 1B or 3B.

[Mountaineer]

Originally Posted by greymule

The ball certainly passed both corner bags if it made it to second base

The OP of course describes a fair ball.

But be careful here. Fed may draw a fair/foul line between 1B and 3B, but other codes do not. In ASA, if a high pop lands a foot before 2B and then spins backward foul, it is a foul ball. It is not considered as having passed 1B or 3B.

Where does NF "draw a fair/foul line between 1st and 3rd?

[greymule]

Where does NF "draw a fair/foul line between 1st and 3rd?

Fed uses the 1B-3B line in baseball ("contacts fair ground on or beyond an imaginary line between first and third base"), but for reasons known only to them does not use it in softball. I don't know of any other code that uses that line, though many coaches and even umpires have tried to make such a claim to me in both OBR and ASA.

In its baseball clinics, Fed emphasizes that rule, which is probably why so many people have assumed that it applies to other codes.