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Originally Posted by canadaump6
I don't understand why they call it a homerun if a ball hits the top of the outfield wall, and bounces into the stands. 6.09d:
A fair ball passes over a fence or into the stands at a distance from home base of 250 feet or more. Such hit entitles the batter to a home run when he shall have touched all bases legally. A fair fly ball that passes out of the playing field at a point less than 250 feet from home base shall entitle the batter to advance to second base only;
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The official interpretation is the same as the FED; (Rumble for FED and Deary for OBR):
"It is a home run if a batted ball hits on top of the outfield fence and then bounds over in fair territory."(I don't care for Rumble's use of the word "bounds" because it may be confusing, as you will see below.)
And J/R says this:
"If a fair, airborne batted ball strikes the top of the home run fence, it is no longer airborne, but can still become a home run if it proceeds over the fence over fair DBT (dead ball territory) and strikes DBT."
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Originally Posted by canadaump6
But then there is 6.09 g:Any bounding fair ball is deflected by the fielder into the stands, or over or under a fence on fair or foul territory, in which case the batter and all runners shall be entitled to advance two bases
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A bounding ball is one which has touched the ground, by definition. Notice that 6.09(e) describes a book rule double as "a fair ball, after touching the
ground, bounds into the stands,..."
As you can see, it can be confusing.
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Originally Posted by canadaump6
Neither rule really covers what to call when a ball hits the top of the outfield fence. Heck there was a ball hit in Seattle a few years ago that actually hit the outfield wall and bounced over the fence without touching the ground. What would the call be on that?
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Home run, as I just pointed out.
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Originally Posted by canadaump6
Bear in mind that I am posting this thread to seek explanations and not criticism. If you feel the need to come at me with a personal attack or a flame like you did in the "Batter Not Ready" thread, at least do so via private messaging.
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Hard to control the actions of others. You might not want to put it in their heads to personally attack you prior to them actually doing so. Just my opinion.