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According to Major League Baseball Rule 2.0:
A FOUL BALL is a batted ball that settles on foul territory between home and first
base, or between home and third base, or that bounds past first or third base on or over foul territory, or that first falls on foul territory beyond first or third base, or that, while on or over foul territory, touches the person of an umpire or player, or any object foreign to the natural ground.
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What is a foul tip in basball?
A foul tip is when the batter hits the ball with a small piece of the bat and the ball lands foul. A pop up to the catcher is not a foul tip.
Is it a scratch in pool if you dont hit a ball?
Under most rules if you fail to hit your object ball it is a foul, not a scratch. The foul will mean ball-in-hand to your opponent.
What is the difference between fair ball from foul ball?
The markings on the field has a foul line. This is by the running paths by 1st and 3rd. Any ball that lands in between the foul line is a fair ball. Any ball that lands out the foul line is a foul. When ball rolls on the infield and goes out the foul territory will be called foul. But when ball lands on the outfield and rolls to foul territory is a live ball
Can you get a foul in softball?
You can not get a foul but you can hit a foul ball when the ball is hit outside of the lines.
Any batted ball that bounces on the foul line or lands and stops on the foul line is a foul ball True or False?
If a ball hits the foul line, it is a fair ball.
If a high fly ball is foul and 1st baseman tries to catch it and the ball hits the tip of his glove and bounces off his glove and goes into fair territory is it fair or foul?
It's still foul cause the ball was hit in foul territory. Whether a ball is fair or foul is based on the position of the ball when it is touched. Since the ball was touched when the ball was in foul territory, it would be a foul ball.
What does FVal mean in baseball?
If you mean foul, it's when a ball or player is out of play and territory.
If a ball bounces in foul territory and then hits the foul pole above the fence?
Foul ball
Is it foul if the ball hits the plate?
Yes its a foul ball but keep on running to the next base until the umpire calls it a foul ball!!!!
If a batter hits a ball and it goes over the third base bag but lands foul is this a fair or foul ball?
A ground ball its fair. A fly ball is foul.
Is there a rule in the MLB rule book that says if a fielder touches a foul ball but does not catch it is fair?
No. The umpire calls the ball fair or foul based on where the ball is when the fielder touches it. If the ball is in foul territory when it is touched, the ball is called foul.
Is the batter out if he inadvertently make contact with a slow rolling ball in foul territory?
If the ball is in fair territory, the fact that the fielder is standing in foul territory does NOT make the ball foul. the same as if a ball is foul, the fielder standing in fair territory doesn't make the ball fair.
