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2012 PONY Softball Rule Book:
9.5 Baserunners Are Entitled To Advance Without Liabaliity To Be Put Out
j. (1) When a live ball is unintentionally carried by a fielder into dead ball territory, the ball becomes dead. All baserunners are awarded one base from the last base touched at the time "fielder" enters dead ball territory.
POINTS OF EMPHASIS #17 (Pg.VIII)
The fence is an extension of the playing field, making it legal for a player to climb and make a catch. If she catches a ball in the air and her momentum carries her through or over the fence, the catch is legal, the batter-runner is out, the ball is dead and, with fewer than two outs, all runners advance one base without liability to be put out.
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