(sigh)

Ask me a baseball question.


-Chris


Baseball questions are:

* Why is a ball that hits the foul line fair?

* Why is a ball that hits the foul pole fair [and a home run]?

* Why do umpires routinely call balls strikes that are not within the strike
zone?

* What does it mean when a play-by-play announcer says, "The batter hit the
ball off the end of the bat."?

* Near the end of the season, why do analysts focus on the loss record when
comparing teams for potential playoff berths?

* If a ball hits in fair territory and then either rolls out or bounces out,
and then comes back across into fair territory between the plate and either
the 1st or 3rd base bag, is the ball still fair or foul?

* If a ball hits the pitchers plate (AKA the "rubber"), does not touch any
player or umpire and ends up rolling foul between the plate and the bases,
is a fair or foul ball?

* Why does a "K" on scorecards designate a swinging strike?



Dave Fish

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