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Mon Aug 08, 2011, 01:46pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CecilOne

How was that justified and how long ago do you mean?

NFHS used to (changed about 4 or 5 years ago, I think

) have the diagonal from 1B to 3B be the determining line for a fair ball instead of the base lines from 1B to 2B to 3B. If I remember correctly, the rule was similar to the NFHS rule in baseball.

So, in Rachel's OP, the old NFHS rule would have been fair ball. Now, it is a foul ball as it is in most if not all other codes.

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