Show A fair hit rule 37 17 of the official rules of baseball reads A fair hit is a legally batted ball that settles on fair ground between home and first base or between home and third base or that is on or over fair ground when bounding to the outfield past first base or third base or that first falls on fair territory on or beyond first base or third base or that while on or over fair ground touches the person of the umpire or a pi player ayer A fair fly must be judged according to the relative position of the ball and the foul line and not as to whether w I 1 e ther the fielder is on fair or foul ground at the time he touches the ball |