Fair or Foul?

[JustaFan2]

Quick question on a fair/foul ruling.

"A ground ball is hit sharply down 3rd base line, hit in fair territory, bounces up & over the foul line, 3rd baseman catches ball in the air while she is still completely in fair territory."

Is this a fair ball or foul ball.

[Dakota]

Originally posted by JustaFan2
while she is still completely in fair territory."

Is this a fair ball or foul ball.

I doesn't matter where the player is. It matters where the ball is when it is first touched or comes to a stop untouched.

Assuming this was still in the infield (i.e. the ball did not bound over 3rd base), if the ball was over foul territory when she first touched it, it is a foul ball. If it was over fair territory, it is a fair ball.

[whiskers_ump]

JustaFan

Welcome to the board.

Your question, which has correctly been answered by Dakota,
is one many coaches will still agure. "Blue, the 3rd base-
man was a foot inside the line, how can that be foul?" It
is the position of ball not player. I have had bounders go
over the bag then hit in foul ground by five to seven feet.
A bounding ball that crosses bag, then lands into foul ground
is a "fair ball"

glen