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Old Tue Jan 04, 2005, 03:27pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Kaliix asked, "Does FED want the play above killed instantly? If they do, I guess I'll have to call it that way. Somehow though, it just doesn't seem right. If the kid can just pull the ball right off the fence, why kill the play and award a base?"

I'm not familiar with FED's rule on lodged balls, but it seems to me that it would be easier to kill play right away and award bases, rather than wait to see if the kid CAN pull the ball out of the fence. A lodged ball is a lodged ball, and shouldn't be judged on the ability of the player to dislodge it. What one kid may be able to pull out of the fence, another may not.
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