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Originally Posted by GrumpUmp
If it is part of the top of the wall wouldn't a fly ball hitting there be a home run? If it is part of the face of the wall wouldn't a fly ball hitting there be a ground rule double if it then went out of play or playable if it came back onto the field?
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When I first discovered softball boards this discussion took place. I played it out in my mind and think you are asking what I wondered at the time. Though no one said it in that previous discussion, I satisfied it in my mind that:
> If it hit that front corner of the top of the wall in such a way that it bounces over, then it is considered to have been off the top of the wall and thus a home run.
> If it hit that front corner of the top of the wall in such a way that it bounces back into the park, then it is considered to have hit the front of the wall and thus alive and in play.
Yes, I know I was over analyzing things at the time and my mathematical back ground makes me realize that the top right angle of the wall is not necessarily an exact, perfect angle and might be rounded, that the contact of a round ball could cause a number of variable results other than the two I listed above. But that's were we just have to judge the outcome and not over analyze.
I mean, honestly, in a two man crew, do you think the PU is going to be able to see it that closely.
