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====Fair or foul====
[[file:Foul Line (3339129130) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|upright=.8|A view along a first base foul line, looking from the outfield wall back towards home plate]]
On the playing field, two straight lines (each known as a [[Foul line (baseball)|foul line]]) are drawn from the corner of home plate; one past [[first base]] and one past [[third base]]. The foul lines extend all the way to the outer limit of the [[outfield]], typically a wall or fence, and perpendicularly up the wall or fence.<ref name=MLBrules/>{{rp|147}} The entire area between foul lines, including the foul lines themselves, is considered fair territory;<ref name=MLBrules/>{{rp|147}} anything not in fair territory is considered foul territory.<ref name=MLBrules>{{cite web |url=https://content.mlb.com/documents/2/2/4/305750224/2019_Official_Baseball_Rules_FINAL_.pdf |title=Official Baseball Rules |publisher=Major League Baseball |date=2019 |via=MLB.com |accessdate=October 8, 2022}}</ref>{{rp|149}}
In general, balls that land in fair territory are considered to be fair, while balls landing in foul territory are considered to be foul. However, for balls in the infield (not yet at or beyond first base or third base), whether a ball is fair or foul depends on either a) where it comes to rest, or b) where it is when it is first touched by a player.<ref name=MLBrules/>{{rp|147}} For example, a ball that starts in fair territory but rolls into foul territory before reaching first base or third base and comes to rest in foul territory, is foul.
Fielders can attempt to make an [[out (baseball)|out]] by catching any ball hit in the air, fair or foul, as long as it is still in play.<ref name=MLBrules/>{{rp|39}} Balls that leave the field of play, such as by going into the [[bleacher]]s or into the [[dugouts]], are out of play. For balls on the ground, fielders can attempt to make an out on fair balls only.
A foul ball normally counts as a [[Strike (baseball)|strike]] unless the batter already has had two strikes assessed against them, with the exception of foul bunts, which are described below. In slow-pitch softball, a foul ball ''always'' counts as a strike, even when the batter already has two strikes.
====Foul tip====
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