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Old Wed Aug 15, 2007, 08:42pm
mo99 mo99 is offline
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Why would anyone even consider such a ground rule necessary? Either the ball leaves the park or not. If anything, there should be a ground rule only if something else is in effect.

BTW, when the top of the fence is painted or covered with material of a different color, it is usually (if not always) as a visual aid, not a demarcation of DBT.
The most important thing is to make sure at pre-game.We have several high schools and one College team in my area which uses a yellow 6" diameter plastic tubing across the top of the HR fence,that if the ball strikes the tubing it is a HR.Just make sure before the game begins.
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