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Old Sun Feb 21, 2010, 05:47pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by Big Kahuna View Post
Coach comes out for pregame, and while going over the ground rules announces that his foul poles are in fair territory, and that any ball that hits a foul pole above the level of the fence is a home run. Is that legal? I don't have my rule book handy, but it seems to me that any ball that hits a foul pole in fair territory should be in play.
Please tell me you are kidding? This isn't a ground rule, it is a fact of life in every rule set of which I am aware.

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