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The concept of foul territory was not always present in historical versions of baseball. John Thorn, the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball, speculates that the concept may have originated from single wicket cricket, with its rule of halving the area that the ball could be hit in when there were less than five fielders.
In American tort law, the Baseball Rule [1] is an exculpatory clause applicable to baseball games with spectators; it holds that a baseball team or its sponsoring organization cannot be held liable for injuries suffered by a spectator struck by a foul ball batted into the stands, under most circumstances, as long as the team has offered some ...
If the batter swings and makes contact with the ball, but does not put it in play in fair territory—a foul ball—he is charged with an additional strike if there are less than two. Thus, a foul ball with two strikes leaves the count unchanged. (However, a noted exception to this rule is that a ball bunted foul with two strikes is a strikeout.)
In baseball, a sacrifice fly (sometimes abbreviated to sac fly) is defined by Rule 9.08(d): [1] "Score a sacrifice fly when, before two are out, the batter hits a ball in flight handled by an outfielder or an infielder running in the outfield in fair or foul territory that is caught, and a run scores after the catch, or
He hit a ball down the first base line that the first base umpire ruled fair. Thinking it was a foul ball, a ball person in foul territory in right field picked the ball up and gave it to a fan. The play was ruled dead and Brian Roberts was awarded a double. However, the Yankees did not score that inning and they lost the game 2–1.
Replay made its official, sanctioned MLB debut at Tropicana Field on September 3, 2008, after Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees hit a ball near the left-field foul pole that was initially ruled a home run by third base umpire Brian Runge. Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon and catcher Dioner Navarro argued that the ball was foul and asked ...
The rules treat a foul tip as equivalent in every respect to a pitch at which the batter swings and misses. A foul tip is always a strike, meaning a player on two strikes is automatically out. The ball remains alive and runners may advance or be thrown out on the bases. In contrast, a foul ball counts as a strike only if the batter does not ...
Additionally, a set of universal ground rules exists for the six MLB stadiums with retractable roofs, with the individual ballparks able to set additional rules. Unlike the well-defined playing field of most other sports, the playing area of a baseball field extends to an outfield fence in fair territory and the stadium seating in foul territory.