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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
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.
What is the different between fair and foul in softball?
There are lines placed to divide the foul territory and the fair territory. Any ball that lands on the foul territory will be called foul. When the ball enters the fair territory, ball is at play.
A ball that does not land in fair territory is called a?
Foul
If you use our hands in soccer what is it called?
This foul is called hand-ball
Is there a thing called rolling foul in baseball?
Yea. It usually happens if a player bunts the ball and the ball rolls foul after being bunted.
Is the pole in the outfield called the foul pole or fair post in baseball?
The foul Pole is to aide the umpire in determining if a baseball hit is fair or foul. The Foul pole is in fair territory, so if the ball hits the pole it is a fair ball, and would count as a home run. If it misses the pole outside of the playing field it is a foul ball (out of play) This is why it is called a 'Foul Pole" It could have been called a Fair Pole as it is in fair territory, but the powers that be decided on "Foul Pole" and "Foul Line"
If your playing baseball and you hit the ball behind third base what is it called?
A foul ball
How is a ball called in or out when hit down the line?
If the ball hits any part of the line, it is a fair ball, and is not called. The umpire is supposed to stay silent. If the ball lands outside of the line in foul territory, the umpire puts their hands about their head ans says foul. If a ball bounces in fair territory, but leaves fair territory before is passes a base, it is a foul ball. If the ball bounce in fair territory, but it goes foul after passing a base, then is it still considered a fair 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.
In basketball why can't ypu hit a person and it be called a foul what happen when the other person hits you and you don't have the ball and they do?
You can foul someone whether you or them have the ball. If you make "illegal contact" with another player its a foul.
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.
