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Old Tue Jun 24, 2003, 11:35am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally posted by kono
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Originally posted by IRISHMAFIA

Speaking ASA

Only if it continued to the ground or an article on the ground in DBT on the other side of the fence.
I know I'm gonna regret doing this but I'm gonna disagree anyway.

Since the playing field is defined by the front face of the fence, once the ball hits the top of the fence it has hit something equal to the ground (the top of the fence) in DBT. Where it bounces after that doesn't matter.

-Kono
Disagree all you want, in ASA, you would be wrong. No where does it state that the top of a fence is in dead ball territory. It is a fact that a DBT line is "in play" as is a collapsed temporary fence and is doesn't specify whether it falls forward or back.

Check out ASA POE 20 & 26.

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