Reply To: Fair ball/foul ball territory

    Stan Dyer
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    By rule, if a ball is in fair territory when it touches a player, or an umpire, that ball is fair.  It depends on the position of the ball when the ball is touched.  If the batted ball is over foul territory when it touches the person of a player or umpire, it is a foul ball.

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