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[Guest joe]

I have 2 questions

1-- batter hits the ball down the 3rd base--the ball takes a bounce hitting the base line and the 3rd baseman moves into foul territory--the ball bounces into fair territory and the 3rd baseman stretches his arm and catches the ball in fair territory while he is standing in foul territory.  What's the call---foul or fair?

2-- same scenario except the fielder is standing in fair and he stretches his arm and catches the ball in foul territory?

[txump81]

Fair or foul is determined by where the ball.is when touched. Fielder's feet positioning don't matter

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[noumpere]

2 hours ago, txump81 said:

Fair or foul is determined by where the ball.is when touched. Fielder's feet positioning don't matter

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Let me add, just because some still get confused by that -- it's whether the ball is OVER fair or foul territory that determines whether the ball is fair or foul.

[Richvee]

Just to add....the above holds for bounding balls that have not passed the 1B or 3B bag. If the fielder is behind the bag, fair/foul is determined by where the ball is when it passes the bag. Any part of a bounding ball over any part of the bag is a fair ball.

[Guest new umpire]

Thank You