Definition of foul ball
: a baseball batted into foul territory
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The umpires convened, and the slam was changed to a foul ball.
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Yasmani Grandal was struck on the hand by a foul ball on Friday.
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This is his ninth year of playing tunes before the start of daytime home games — between innings, during the Seventh Inning Stretch, and whenever the Padres hit a foul ball.
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The double play to end the sixth was set up by a bizarre turn of events with runners on second and third as Devin Weilbacher hit a foul ball that appeared to bounce in, then out of the base line.
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Although currently unfinished, Eric’s mural – which features the Elder baseball logo breaking through cracked glass like a youngster ripping a wayward foul ball through a neighbor’s window – is nearly complete.
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The next night, an inning after slamming headfirst onto a low wall pursuing a foul ball, Williamson pounded a 423-foot shot to center that broke a 3-3 tie as the Giants prevailed 4-3.
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During the second inning against the A’s, Jurickson Profar hit a foul ball out of play.
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Belt hit 16 foul balls, including 11 in a row just before lining out to Kole Calhoun.
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First Known Use of foul ball
1860
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