Fair or foul?

[KR23]

Fly ball in the infield lands fair before a fielder can touch it, but then bounces toward foul and is touched in foul territory while it's still in the air, before it touches the ground in foul territory.  Is this fair or foul?  It was a fly ball and only touched ground in fair territory.  Here is a clip hopefully that works.
https://fb.watch/nM4j5aKxCd/

[ArchAngel72]

On 10/20/2023 at 1:36 PM, beerguy55 said:

That's fine...not sure why you felt the need to quote the rule.

"Ordinary effort" is a judgment call.  You don't see it, I do.   I think this catch is mind-numbingly easy for either F1 or F3 to make, at this level.  You don't.

That's it that's all.

To me ordinary effort is they are ranging tracking the ball near underneath it.  With this ball and how low it was that would be a spectacular play by a little league player probably a diving or low caught ball.  just my opinion maybe your players at 10-12U are far better than the talent I see.

 

[beerguy55]

43 minutes ago, ArchAngel72 said:

To me ordinary effort is they are ranging tracking the ball near underneath it.  With this ball and how low it was that would be a spectacular play by a little league player probably a diving or low caught ball.  just my opinion maybe your players at 10-12U are far better than the talent I see.

 

If R1 and B/R aren't there, this play is easy...F3 gets to this ball, with ordinary effort, and makes a routine catch.  The route he had to take around R1, and then again to get around B/R, are what turned this into a difficult play.  If F3 is able to take a straight route to the ball then he CAN make the catch with ordinary effort.  Frankly, I think F1 can make this with ordinary effort.  It looks to me like the sound of footsteps caused him to pull up, or maybe F3 called it.  And those issues don't matter in assessing IFF.

I agree with the umps on this one...definitely an IFF "if fair".  The PU just missed on the fair/foul...brain cramp for sure, but it happens.