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25-1584: Athletic Ground or Athletic Grounds may refer to: a sports ground Athletic Ground (Scarborough) , demolished football stadium formerly known as the McCain Stadium in Scarborough, England. Athletic Grounds (Armagh) , Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Armagh, Northern Ireland. The Athletic Grounds (Isle of Dogs) , the third and now demolished stadia of Millwall Football Club in East London, England. Athletic Ground, Richmond , stadium in Richmond, England Athletic Ground (Aberdare) , demolished stadium in Aberdare, Wales Athletic Ground (Cobridge) , demolished stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England Athletic Ground (Loughborough) , demolished stadium in Loughborough, England Athletic Grounds (Blackpool) , demolished ground in Blackpool, England, also known as Stanley Park Athletic Grounds, Rochdale , demolished stadium in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England Athletic Grounds, Philadelphia ,

50-400: A foul ball is a batted ball that: The entirety of the batted ball must be on or over foul territory in order to be adjudged foul in the above situations; otherwise it is a fair ball that forces the batter to attempt to reach first base. A foul fly shall be judged according to the relative position of the ball and the foul line, including the foul pole, and not as to whether the fielder

75-444: A baseball park of the 1860s Cork Athletic Grounds the home Cork GAA until 1974 now called Páirc Uí Chaoimh . See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "athletic ground" on Misplaced Pages. Stadium Arena All pages with titles beginning with Athletic Ground All pages with titles containing Athletic Ground All pages with titles containing Athletic Grounds Topics referred to by

100-558: A basketball key and 3-point line arranged around a hoop, overlaid by short-court tennis or pickleball lines (which can also be used for volleyball or badminton ) along the longer dimension. Game courts for private use will frequently be built with a high fence surrounding the surface to allow for containment of the ball used in play, and, if required, to prevent people from entering. Any of several materials have been used, including chain-link fencing , welded wire mesh fence , and fabric mesh or netting. Foul ball In baseball ,

125-402: A businessman, was ejected in 1921 after tossing a foul ball he caught into the stands. Depending on the exact situation, a foul ball may be considered beneficial to the offense or the defense. When there are zero or one strikes, a foul ball counts as a strike, benefiting the pitcher. However, a foul ball may reveal to the batter that he has timed a pitch well and need only make adjustment to

150-507: A decrease in the cost of baseballs relative to team revenues and increased pressure to discontinue use of worn, damaged and/or discolored baseballs (especially after the death of Ray Chapman ) combined to persuade several teams to change their foul ball policies during this period; the New York Giants changed theirs after losing a New York Supreme Court case ( Reuben Berman vs. National Exhibition Co. ) filed by Reuben Berman. Berman,

175-458: A rectangular sub-base made from concrete or asphalt, then covered with an open-grid modular polypropylene (or similar) sports surface to improve safety. Most feature athletic equipment such as basketball goals, net systems for racquet sports, volleyball and badminton, lights for nighttime play, fencing or ball containment netting, hockey/soccer goals, lines or markings for various sports, and practice or training components can also be incorporated into

200-513: A regulation tennis (120' x 60')or basketball (84'x50')court, although there is no set dimensions or size for a game court. The game-court concept was popularized by Sport Court in the 1970s, and some generic references are made to game courts as 'sport courts', although that is a trademark of Connor Sport Court International, LLC. Game courts are often found in residential backyards, giving families and children opportunities for healthy recreation close to home. Game courts are usually constructed using

225-515: A strike, but four foul balls make an out. The concept of foul territory was not always present in historical versions of baseball. John Thorn , the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball , speculates that the concept may have originated from single wicket cricket , with its rule of halving the area that the ball could be hit in when there were less than five fielders. The 1845 Knickerbocker Rules , which laid

250-420: Is also used metaphorically to mean fairness in non-sporting human activities such as business where there are notional winners and losers. Game court is one of the names for a multi-sport athletic space, typically constructed outdoors, where such games as basketball , volleyball , paddle tennis and other racquet sports, and up to a dozen more games and activities can be played. They are usually smaller than

275-456: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sports ground For most sports the official term is field of play , although this is not regularly used by those outside refereeing/umpiring circles. The field of play generally includes out-of-bounds areas that a player is likely to enter while playing a match, such as the area beyond the touchlines in association football and rugby or

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300-484: Is often used against strong pitchers to try to drive them from the game sooner (and also the possibility of the pitcher throwing a pitch a hitter can get a hit on); this does, however, have the disadvantage of generating more strikeouts. In very specific circumstance—such as in the bottom of the ninth inning (or later) of a tie game when a runner is on third base with less than two outs—outfielders may intentionally not catch deep fly balls in foul territory, as catching such

325-423: Is on foul or fair territory at the time he touches the ball. If the foul ball gets caught, then it would be judged as an out. Additionally, ballpark ground rules may specify that batted balls striking certain fixed objects such as railings, nets, or a roof if present are foul balls. Foul territory or foul ground is defined as that part of the playing field outside the first and third base lines extended to

350-464: The sidelines in American and Canadian football , or the " foul territory " in baseball . The surface of a pitch is most commonly composed of sod (grass) , but may also be artificial turf , sand , clay , gravel , concrete , or other materials. A playing field on ice may be referred to as a rink , for example an ice hockey rink , although rink may also refer to the entire building or, in

375-427: The batter already has two strikes against him when he hits a foul ball, a strike is not issued unless the ball was bunted to become a foul ball, in which case a third strike is issued and a strikeout recorded for the batter and pitcher. A strike is, however, recorded for the pitcher for every foul ball the batter hits, regardless of the count . If any member of the fielding team catches a foul ball before it touches

400-411: The count is out. To aid umpires in determining whether balls hit over the fence are fair or foul, a tall foul pole is often erected at each corner of the outfield. A batted ball which hits the foul pole above the fence is never a foul ball, no matter where it is ultimately deflected off the pole, in this case a home run is automatically awarded to the batter. In kickball , foul ball does not make

425-500: The design. The surface of a game court—as opposed to simply playing on concrete or asphalt—is designed for safe play and to reduce injury. Many people have started to use suspended athletic courts to cover old athletic courts like tennis courts and basketball courts. The surface should provide appropriate traction for various types of sports and activities, as well as shock or force reduction to minimize overuse and stress injuries. Game courts are typically custom-designed to

450-414: The fence and perpendicularly upwards. Note: the foul lines and foul poles are not part of foul territory. In general, when a batted ball is ruled a foul ball, the ball is dead, all runners must return to their time-of-pitch base without liability to be put out, and the batter returns to home plate to continue his turn at bat . A strike is issued for the batter if he had fewer than two strikes. If

475-435: The foundation for modern baseball, also included the concept of foul territory due to a need to adapt the game when there not enough players; according to Thorn, even home runs were potentially considered foul in this set of rules, since losing the club's only ball in the nearby Hudson River would prematurely end the game. Originally, any ball that landed in fair territory was called fair, even if it went foul before leaving

500-422: The ground or lands outside the field perimeter, the batter is out. However, the caught ball is in play and base runners may attempt to advance. A foul ball is different from a foul tip , in which the ball makes contact with the bat, travels directly to the catcher's hands, and is caught. In this case, the ball remains live and a strike is added to the batter's count. A batter who hits a foul tip with two strikes on

525-424: The infield. These "fair fouls" led to first and third basemen being forced to play closer to the foul lines, leading to calls for ten-person baseball teams. Fair fouls were amended out of the game before the 20th century. Until the 1920s, Major League Baseball spectators were often ejected if they attempted to keep foul balls, and teams employed security guards to ensure it. Factors such as negative public sentiment,

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550-444: The interests of the family or organization, and are versatile in enabling a wide variety of sports to be played in a relatively small space. Some activities played on a game court are enjoyable modifications of other sports (such as short-court tennis) that allow for similar skills to be developed as the 'regulation' game, but on a reduced-scale court size. A typical game court of 50 by 30 feet (15.2 m × 9.1 m) might include

575-502: The location of his swing on the next such pitch; this is often called a good cut or simply a good swing. Foul balls with two strikes are generally considered positive for the batter, since he thus avoids strike three on a potentially difficult pitch. Also, foul balls with two strikes increase the pitcher 's pitch count , adding to his/her fatigue, thus providing some small advantage to the offense. A strategy of swinging on any ball to try to produce additional fouls and prolong an at-bat

600-427: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Athletic Ground . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Athletic_Ground&oldid=1194762122 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

625-474: The sport of curling , to either the building or a particular team. In the sport of cricket , the cricket pitch refers not to the entire field of play , but to the section of the field on which batting and bowling take place in the centre of the field. The pitch is prepared differently from the rest of the field, to provide a harder surface for bowling. A pitch is often a regulation space, as in an association football pitch . The term level playing field

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