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Is Home Plate in Fair or Foul Territory?

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Fair or Foul? Batted Balls Bouncing Near a Base

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When Should an Umpire Call a Ground Ball Fair or Foul?

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Rule of the Week: Baseball Lifespan

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Hold a baseball in your hand. Feel its solid weight and smooth surface. Count its 108 careful stitches. Major League baseballs are hand-sewn in Costa Rica at a Rawlings factory that produces millions of baseballs a year. What happens to those baseballs? “The ball,” Rule 3.01 proclaims, “shall be a sphere formed by yarn wound…

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Catcher Interference Won’t Always Stop the Show – Insider Report

Topics: Catcher Interference, Famous Plays, Interference, Uncategorized

The Royals and Indians played in Cleveland on June 4, 2016. In the top of the first inning, the Royals’ Whit Merrifield attempted to steal second base with Lorenzo Cain at bat. At almost the time of pitcher Josh Tomlin’s release, Indians’ catcher Chris Gimenez jumped up, took off his mask, and stepped on the…

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