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Old Fri Sep 07, 2007, 11:11pm
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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.
Long, long time ago,the fences were put up to keep the spectators off the field. The top of the fences were considered outside the field so they became HR territory.



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