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Originally posted by largeone59
R1, R2. Pitch gets stuck in backstop fence, but the catcher easily gets it out. R2 advances to third on the play.
Do we call dead ball and award all runners 1 base at the TOP, or is this just considered "temporarily stuck" and we play on?
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I guess it's a matter of semantics; what's "stuck"? And what's "easily"?
If the ball is wedged in the fence 3 ft. off the ground, it's "lodged" and an immediate dead ball.
If the ball is "stuck" on the ground at a fold/crease at the bottom of the fence & F2 can and does retrieve it with no more effort than if the fence wasn't folded/creased there at all, play on, it ain't "lodged".