Fair/Foul Reach over baseline

[mpackard]

Colleagues,

 

Don't know where I saw it--might even be mis-remembering. USSSA 8U, One-man crew. Batted ball bounding slowly down the 3rd baseline. Two bounces fair and begins to spin foul in the air. 3B, with both feet in fair territory reaches over the baseline into foul territory snatching the ball in the air about 10 feet before the bag. Wheels to first and throws. I call fair. No one bats an eye. Was I right? A subsequent conversation makes it seem like I'm wrong. 

[UmpJM]

mpackard,

 

The position of the fielder's feet is irrelevant to the call.

 

The position of the ball when it is touched is what matters.

 

From your description, it sounds like the ball was over foul territory when first touched and should have been ruled foul.

 

JM

[Omega194]

Foul ball. Determined by the location of ball at time of the touch by fielder

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[DVA7130]

Common mistake before people read the rules fully.

 

Continue to learn.

 

But at least it ended up in an out.

[FleasOf1000Camels]

As others have said, this should have been foul.

 

Easy way to remember...its the BALL you are ruling fair/foul, NOT the player.

[Jocko]

@FleasOf1000Camels - in this case, yes. But our op poster needs to knot that there are times when you rule on the fielder and not the ball. As in catch n csrry vs caught in DBT, one foot in/one foot out, etc.