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Originally Posted by Paul L
I was PU, and had noticed the fence but didn't think about the possibility of this particular play. High school home coach offered nothing at pregame conference. Her last comment after I ruled home run was "You gotta know the ground rules, Blue!"
FWIW, I am persuaded that foul ground beyond the home run fence has to be DBT and I should have called it a "rulebook double" even in the absence of an express ground rule, based on custom and common sense. Thanks Greymule, Dakota, and AtlUmpSteve.
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First, a very small "Shame on you" for not forseeing this possibility... but it's very small compared to ...
Second - a HUGE FU to the coach. I'm not sure I'd have ejected for that comment - in fact, I probably wouldn't. But that comment would certainly have pissed me off, and gotten at least a "Coach - that's YOUR job at the plate conference." His leash would certainly be short after that comment.
And ... in the absence of a ground rule, it think it would be fair to assume this to be a rulebook double, just as it would be fair to rule a ball caught outside that invisible line where the fence should have been as a ball not caught in play.