Fair ball, ...off Cooper ....

[Thunderheads]

http://m.mlb.com/video/v36604115

[MikeSafari]

Why is he moving into fair territory here? Granted I've never worked a competitive four-man rotation, but in a three-man rotation we're moving in foul territory here...

[noumpere]

Why is he moving into fair territory here? Granted I've never worked a competitive four-man rotation, but in a three-man rotation we're moving in foul territory here...

On a clean hit, there's no rotation at all in 4-man.

 

It was either just instinct, or he thought it was going to go foul so was moving fair (and it took a bad hop / hit the bag), or he was moving to get a better look down the line (because it was his call -- and in his defense, he did get a good look. lol)

[Rich Ives]

Why is he moving into fair territory here? Granted I've never worked a competitive four-man rotation, but in a three-man rotation we're moving in foul territory here...

 

The ball will curve toward foul territory so often the best escape route is to head to fair territory.

[Jimurray]

Why is he moving into fair territory here? Granted I've never worked a competitive four-man rotation, but in a three-man rotation we're moving in foul territory here...

 

The ball will curve toward foul territory so often the best escape route is to head to fair territory.

Opposite hit ball will tail and chase you down. He probably was thinking it would and went where he did. His call also as Noumpire says.

[grayhawk]

 

 

Why is he moving into fair territory here? Granted I've never worked a competitive four-man rotation, but in a three-man rotation we're moving in foul territory here...

 

The ball will curve toward foul territory so often the best escape route is to head to fair territory.

Opposite hit ball will tail and chase you down. He probably was thinking it would and went where he did. His call also as Noumpire says.

 

 

Exactly.  However, since this was a check swing, it didn't have the spin that a ball coming off a full swing would.  Not to mention it hit the bag and changed directions.  He was pretty screwed either way.

[the_umpire]

He was moving towards the line to get a better look at the fair/foul. The umpire needs to be on the line to make that call, and when the ball got deflected, he couldn't get out of the way fast enough.