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fair territory

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noun

Baseball.
  1. the area beginning with and including home plate and extending between and including foul lines into which a batter must bat the ball as a prerequisite for a safe hit.


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Ramsey Suarez sliced a double down the left-field line as the ball landed less than a foot into fair territory.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

For the purpose of this rule, the defensive team has ‘left the field’ when the pitcher and all infielders have left fair territory on their way to the bench or clubhouse.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2022

The ball went into fair territory and Correa was easily retired.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022

It landed in fair territory but was called foul, preserving Santana’s gem.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2022

Mr. Roosevelt, although young, can teach wisdom to the sophisticated machine politicians, who know not the value to an Easterner of a blow among the fresh, fair hills of this fair territory.

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann

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