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Originally posted by Patrick Szalapski
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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
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Pat:
You're correct that a ball hitting the "face" of the wall, a fielder, and then going over the fence is a two-base award.
But the question specified the "top" of the wall.
If Ump20 meant the highest point of the facing of the fence, you're right: Two bases.
If Ump20 meant the true top of the fence, then it's a home run. That is, the plane of the barrier has been broken; when the ball falls back, it's just live and WYSIWYG. When it falls forward, it's a home run. When it's deflected forward, it's a home run. Deary for PBUC, 7/84. See BRD Section 19.