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Originally posted by Ump20
You may recall a few years ago a fly ball bounced off Jose Canseco's head in right field and went over the wall for a Home Run. What is the call when the fly ball hits the top of the wall bounces back and hits the fielder's glove. It goes over the wall. Home Run? Double? and Why?
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Once the ball has touched the face of the wall, it is no longer in flight (OBR 2.00). A bounding batted ball into the stands is a two-base award (7.05f). A ball off the fence is considered bounding for the purposes of 7.05f and 6.09g (J/R 8c).
P-Sz