I may have had this happen last night. first and second, no out. really high pop up down near first base. I call "infield fly, if fair!". 1Bman totally whiffs on the ball and it hits either just before, even with, or just beyond the 1B bag, about 3 feet on the fair side of the line. Ball had a nasty spin, and it kicked backwards and toward the foul line. Ball ends up going over the foul line before first base.
This was a USA softball coed rules game, but i imagine the interpretation would be similar in all codes. From my vantage point behind home plate, i really couldn't tell precisely where the ball landed (and truthfully i didn't even consider the conundrum at the time), so I just called it foul and that was that.
If that ball had clearly landed beyond the base, should I have ruled it a fair ball (and, in this situation, batter out?)
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I may have had this happen last night. first and second, no out. really high pop up down near first base. I call "infield fly, if fair!". 1Bman totally whiffs on the ball and it hits either just before, even with, or just beyond the 1B bag, about 3 feet on the fair side of the line. Ball had a nasty spin, and it kicked backwards and toward the foul line. Ball ends up going over the foul line before first base.
This was a USA softball coed rules game, but i imagine the interpretation would be similar in all codes. From my vantage point behind home plate, i really couldn't tell precisely where the ball landed (and truthfully i didn't even consider the conundrum at the time), so I just called it foul and that was that.
If that ball had clearly landed beyond the base, should I have ruled it a fair ball (and, in this situation, batter out?)
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He also did not love baseball.
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I can't help with the judgment part of this call: without video (probably requiring just the right angle), it's not possible to know at this point whether the ball landed beyond 1B. That is crucial fo
Velho
Fair comes before Foul in the definitions. Problem solved. 😉
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