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Home plate is considered in fair territory. If the ball hits home plate and rolls into foul territory, the ball is foul. If the ball hits home plate and rolls into fair territory, the ball is fair.

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Fair or Foul TerritoryIn MLB, home plate is part of fair territory. The foul lines start at the back of the plate. All bases are fair territory.
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All of home plate is considered to be in fair territory. The foul lines run to 1st and 3rd from the back point of the plate. The ball would be fair.

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Alot of people ask this question but the answer is, the ball is foul. Also if the ball hits the batters box or the batter touches the ball to his body inside the batters box then it is foul.

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this is a fair ball

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Homeplate is in fair territory.

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fair

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No!

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foul

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A batter bunts the ball fair but the ball has backspin and stops on top of homeplate is this fall or fair?

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In baseball if a batted ball hits homeplate and lands fair is it a fair ball?

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In softball can you run on a foul?

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