Ball Hits Wall, Player and goes over

[Patrick Szalapski]

Originally posted by Carl Childress
If Ump20 meant the true top of the fence, then it's a home run. That is, the plane of the barrier has been broken; when the ball falls back, it's just live and WYSIWYG. When it falls forward, it's a home run. When it's deflected forward, it's a home run. Deary for PBUC, 7/84. See BRD Section 19. [/B]

So sorry, so sorry. I've got to read more CAREFULLY! It's one of these things: Read the following capitalized words aloud without hesitation and right away:

NOW IS THE
THE TIME

Are you sure that's what it says? That phrase is common enough that our brains read it as a big lump and not each word at a time. We don't need to waste time processing every word.

But sometimes, we do.
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Now, back to baseball:

But are you saying that if a ball bounces off the top of the fence and a fielder catches it, it's an out? That just doesn't seem right.

It seems that we should use the direction of the carom to judge which part of the fence it struck. If the ball caroms straight up or back toward the field, it seems to have hit the face of the fence. If it caroms forward, it likely has it the top of the fence, thus broken the plane and should be a home run.

P-Sz