Or even also why is the foul line fair if it hits it past the 3rd or first base. Shouldn't it be the fair line and the fair pole then.
2007-07-06 07:50:28 · 8 answers · asked by Rocketman 6 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Feel free to call it a "fair" pole if you like. The foul lines that run from the batters box up the first and third base lines to the outfield fences and than the poles themselves are considered, by baseball rules, to be in fair territory. Is a glass or water half full or half empty? They call it a foul pole because everything on the other side of the pole, or foul line, is foul.
2007-07-06 07:56:06 · answer #1 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The foul pole is an extension of the baseline; therefore, anything striking it is a fair ball. They were put in for the umpires to make better calls on long homers, particularly those hit by Babe Ruth.
The line have had their names forever, so trying to change the names is ridiculous. Just say "foul pole" and "foul line" to yourself enough that they sound right to you, and you'll be fine. . . .
2007-07-06 08:28:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The foul pole and foul lines are named that way because they designate at what point the ball will be considered foul, which is outside of the line and pole.They are considered to be in fair territory because they designate the point at which fair territory ends and foul territory begins. Just like in most sports lines are considered in bounds because they are there to indicate the point in which the field of play ends.
2007-07-06 08:16:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
why do numbers start at zero,some thing has to start some where,if it hits the pole its fair,is that fair or foul
2007-07-06 08:03:15 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it hits the foul pole it truly is honest. that's in honest territory considering that's consistent with the foul line on the sector. i odn't understand why the named those 2 issues "foul", in spite of the very incontrovertible fact that that's in honest territory
2016-10-20 02:02:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, I actually call it the fair pole
2007-07-06 10:04:56 · answer #6 · answered by holbinator07 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because life in general doesn't make much sense. For example, why do we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway?
2007-07-06 09:34:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do the White Sox wear black socks? Haha they just do.
2007-07-06 08:17:42 · answer #8 · answered by Tyler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋