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Lateral with Tom Scott

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The Ball Is Rolling Outside of the Foul Line

Baseball has a rule that if you hit a ball and it rolls outside of the foul line, but it's between the base and the end of the field, that's considered a fair ball. This is not the case here. This is a ball rolling towards the foul line. His arm fell off as he threw it. And it went hard. It landed on the foul line and there was an earthquake. If you're pitching into a strong wind, you don't get compensation for that. That's all still part of nature. But is an animal part of nature? Is it an animal? Yeah. Technically, yes. But not an American.

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