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Until Jim Mills chipped in, I was doubting my own memory of big-league parks, where, no matter how or where they go afterward, fly balls that hit the pole are home runs and bouncing balls that do so are doubles. Had I missed for 45 years that the poles were actually behind the fence and not flush with it?
If a bouncing ball that hit a flush pole above the fence could rebound back into play, why not a line drive that hit the top of the foul pole, 90 feet up? The screen hanging on the fair side of each pole would also have to be in play--it's flush with the fence, too. Jim Mills is correct: "above the fence" is the key.
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