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Originally Posted by umpjim
Hitting the top of the fence in fair territory and bounding over the wall would make it a home run. Hitting the foul pole (with a normally located foul pole) might confirm it was a fair ball when it hit the top of the fence. There is a possibility that it was a foul ball depending on where it hit the top of the fence and the configuration of the field. PBUC/MLBUM does allow a ground rule to supersede their "top of the wall" interp. I can't picture how that would happen.
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I can say with certainty that in this case the ball hit the top of the fence in fair territory, then hit the foul pole.
Probably one of those things I'll never see again.