Umpire has to decide whether the ball is going to land in fair or foul territory if left alone. Based on what you said about it was coming down in foul territory it would then be a foul ball. It has nothing to do with where it's touched or where it lands after being touched. It depends on where it will land without being touched.

 

Hope you can understand that. In other words - FOUL BALL - take another cut.

 

Correct.

Base hit. Best scenario to compare it to is bunt that rolls dead.

Umpire has to decide whether the ball is going to land in fair or foul territory if left alone. Based on what you said about it was coming down in foul territory it would then be a foul ball. It has nothing to do with where it's touched or where it lands after being touched. It depends on where it will land without being touched.

 

Hope you can understand that. In other words - FOUL BALL - take another cut.

 

Exactly.

Base hit. Best scenario to compare it to is bunt that rolls dead.

 

There is one big difference. The rulebook has a provision for this specific example (situation, inning, and outs) while the rulebook says nothing about a bunt that rolls fair or foul.