gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner) (06/05/84)
<ya gotta belieeeeeeeeeve!>
You are right in saying that if a ball hits the first or third base bag,
it is fair, whether or not after it hits the bag it goes fair.
I was always under the impression that whenever a ball hit the foul
pole, it was a home run if it hit above the left or right field walls.
Anybody know if the "orange line" rule at Shea Stadium is still in
effect? For those who don't know, Shea Stadium's bullpens are in right
field. The right field wall is higher than the rest of the outfield
walls (at least it was when I was last there). If the ball is hit above
the orange line, it is a home run, whether or not the ball bounces back
into play. I guess this is to protect the warmup pitchers from home
runs.
Let's Go Mets!
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And he who wields white wild magic gold is a paradox ...sdi@loral.UUCP (Steve Irwin) (06/07/84)
Ok, here is another BB question. If a batter hits a line drive straight to the pitchers mound whereby the ball only hits the pitching rubber and then bounces in the air to foul territory (infield side of the bags). Is this foul or fair?
lab@qubix.UUCP (06/09/84)
The specific question of the ball striking only the rubber on the
pitcher's mound was addressed in "So You Think You Know Baseball!" (a
compilation of the series that ran in the Saturday Evening Post).
It is a foul ball, even (and this was the case cited) if the ball
hits the rubber, bounds back toward the plate, and the catcher grabs it
while standing on the plate.
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