if a batted ball hits first base and then bounces out of play is it fair or foul

Anonymous asked: If a batted ball hits first base and then bounces out of play, is it fair or foul?

Rick answered: Thank you for your question!

When the ball hits any of the three bases, it is a fair ball. All bases are located in fair territory.

Should the ball remain on the field of play; but in foul territory, the ball is live.

If the ball leaves the field of play and goes into a dugout, over a fence, into the stands, across a boundary line drawn on the field, it immediately becomes a dead ball.

Playing field includes both fair and foul territory. Any areas beyond the playing field are defined as being outside the playing field ( dead ball area.)

Yours in baseball,

Rick