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Regarding the ground rule double. If there is a runner on first base and a batter hits a towering fly ball. The runner on first scores and the batter is halfway around third when the ball hits the ground and bounces over the fence. By definition, is the runner on first sent back to third and the batter to second? Or does the runner score and the batter at least on third. Is the batter in this situation penalized by the rule. I believe most often, you are only going to get two bases from where you are because the batter and runner(s) will not make the next base before the ball goes over the wall. I read somewhere that in this case it would be in the umpire's judgement, thus nullifying the ground rule double rule.
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