05/20/26
April 30, 2026
SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Everything is happening tonight....
As I type, the Knicks lead 111-57, Jim Palmer (broadcasting an Orioles game) is eating his 1st chicken wing EVER.
posted by tommybiden at 09:01 PM on April 30, 2026
fair or foul? If the foul line has been properly drawn, it is entirely in fair territory. Thus the "on or over" rule applies. A puck on or over is easy; no matter if it is resting on edge or flat, there's a straight, perpendicular edge. Not so easy with a ball. The plate umpire (it's his responsibility for the call between home and the base) will have to be directly over the ball, and he very rarely will be. Those of us who have umpired on less than professionally maintained fields frequently have found the foul lines resembling a line of snakes. Our only choice was to call the line as it was, and not try to imagine where it should be.
posted by Howard_T at 01:49 PM on May 02, 2026
Umpires who officiate on poorly maintained retro bowl fields often find that the foul lines are as crooked as a row of snakes.
posted by emelialucass at 06:02 AM on May 19, 2026
Is this ball fair or foul? Lindsey of CloseCallSports breaks it down for us.