Fair or foul ball

[Guest JohnC]

A bunt bounces off the plate and rolls into fair territory. Is this a fair ball

[noumpere]

Not that it matters to the call, but the plate is in fair territory..

 

In this play, the plate is just "part of the ground"."  So, the OP can be rephrased as "the ball hits the ground and rolls fair.  Is this a fair ball?"  The answer becomes obvious.

 

Is theer any code where the plate is treated differently?  How does this myth that the ball hitting the plate is an immediate foul ball (or anything like that) get started?

[Jimurray]

26 minutes ago, Guest JohnC said:

A bunt bounces off the plate and rolls into fair territory. Is this a fair ball

As described, yes if it stayed fair and stopped or was touched there. 

[Thunderheads]

11 hours ago, Guest JohnC said:

A bunt bounces off the plate and rolls into fair territory. Is this a fair ball

The responses so far are 100% correct, but let me ask this:   You tell me?   Is it?  @noumpere really sums it all up!   I just wanted to know what you thought?

plate in yellow .......... foul lines in red ......

[wolfe_man]

11 hours ago, Guest JohnC said:

A bunt bounces off the plate and rolls into fair territory. Is this a fair ball

If it was in fair territory, then yes.

As others have pointed out, the plate itself is in fair territory. 

The "a ball hit off the plate is an immediate dead ball or a foul ball" must have came from the same guy who started the "hands are part of the bat" myth.

[SeeingEyeDog]

Obligatory...

Chalk, the line, is fair. Baseball is somewhat unique in this respect...

~Dog

[Thunderheads]

And .....just to add here........ EVEN IF THE BALL HIT IN FOUL TERRITORY FIRST ....then rolled fair ..........play on boys!  

[noumpere]

13 minutes ago, SeeingEyeDog said:

Obligatory...

Chalk, the line, is fair. Baseball is somewhat unique in this respect...

~Dog

????

 

The line is "in play" in volleyball, softball, baseball.

The line is "out of play" in basketball, football, soccer.

 

The "foul line" and the "dead ball territory" line might be treated differently in different rules codes of baseball / softball.

(Don't know about other sports)

[maven]

16 minutes ago, noumpere said:

The line is "out of play" in basketball, football, soccer.

True? I thought the ball was in until all of it was outside the line.

Lines are in for tennis too. And hockey.

[Thunderheads]

14 minutes ago, maven said:

True? I thought the ball was in until all of it was outside the line.

Lines are in for tennis too. And hockey.

True ......the line is IN for soccer .......

[noumpere]

34 minutes ago, maven said:

True? I thought the ball was in until all of it was outside the line.

Lines are in for tennis too. And hockey.

Again, I seem to not know everything I know.  ;)

[maven]

1 hour ago, Thunderheads said:

True ......the line is IN for soccer .......

I posed that cautiously, as I am not a fan of communist recreations.

[noumpere]

2 minutes ago, maven said:

I posed that cautiously, as I am not a fan of communist recreations.

It's the sport for kids who aren't coordinated enough to use their hands.

[beerguy55]

2 hours ago, noumpere said:

The line is "out of play" in basketball, football, soccer.

For football, out of bounds yes... however, the goal line is IN the end zone.   End zone is ten yards deep and includes the goal line - if any part of the ball is over the goal line it is in the end zone - for the purpose of the offense scoring a TD, ruling a touchback, or the defense scoring a safety.  So, the line is out if you're entering the end zone (or kicking towards it), in if you're leaving it.

 

2 hours ago, maven said:

Lines are in for tennis too. And hockey.

Hockey is an odd one for the blue line...it is both in and out...the puck must cross the blue line entirely, to be ruled inside the attacking zone, before the offensive player can enter the zone...when exiting the zone, the puck must also cross the line entirely to be ruled outside the attacking zone.

That is, when the puck is outside the zone, the line is outside the zone...when the puck is inside the zone, the line is also inside the zone.

[aaluck]

3 minutes ago, beerguy55 said:

Hockey is an odd one for the blue line...it is both in and out...the puck must cross the blue line entirely, to be ruled inside the attacking zone, before the offensive player can enter the zone...when exiting the zone, the puck must also cross the line entirely to be ruled outside the attacking zone.

That is, when the puck is outside the zone, the line is outside the zone...when the puck is inside the zone, the line is also inside the zone.

Leave it to you Canadians to complicate things. What amazes me is with the speed of the game how the line judges get it right 99% of the time. 

[Thunderheads]

1 hour ago, maven said:

I posed that cautiously, as I am not a fan of communist recreations.

   

[SeeingEyeDog]

5 hours ago, noumpere said:

????

 

The line is "in play" in volleyball, softball, baseball.

The line is "out of play" in basketball, football, soccer.

 

The "foul line" and the "dead ball territory" line might be treated differently in different rules codes of baseball / softball.

(Don't know about other sports)

KEYWORD on my original post...SOMEWHAT

~Dog