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Originally posted by CecilOne
Based on all the discussion and mostly the pronouncements from NFHS RC, I will only treat the bullpen as within the confines if inside the fence. That is in spite of my philosophical disagreement and my wondering why the rule says "confines" if it really means "fence".
DA question - If there also is a fence outside the bullpen which attaches to the inner field fence, which one applies?
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If it said fence instead of confines, then someone would need an interpretation of how to address a field without a fence confining it
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In my opinion, a fence attaching a bullpen area to the field would serve to attach the bullpen to the confines. In that case, the first fence wouldn't be defining the confines of the field; it would be defining the live ball territory.