Dead Ball...Ground Rule Double?

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You did the right thing by letting the play go. It is like the flag pole in Tiger Stadium. It is just an object in the field of play and if the ball hits it, the ball is still live. When you go over the ground rules with the home manager, if he does not say anything about the soccer goal in the outfield, you should have brought it up and cleared it up before the game. The fielder putting his hands up does not do anything. All it means is that he is trying to notify you that the ball should be dead. It is still you decision weather the ball is dead or not.