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Normally a ball hit out of play would cause a change of balls, however, in the interest of time most parks with multiple diamonds require that you wait for the ball to come back in. If a ball is hit onto diamond B from A B has to get the ball off their field before they can resume play, if A puts a different ball into play then B would have to wait for A to have a dead ball before throwing the original ball back onto A which is unfair to them. If it's a case of a fan near the ball we don't put a new one in play for fear that they will throw it onto the field during a live ball or giving it to the nearest player who throws it to the pitcher who then picks which ball he wants to throw which is also something we don't want to happen. Hope this helps you. Jim
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