Hitting object in fair, then going over fence

[bossman72]

Dave Emerling,

Thanks for the response... and no, these aren't TWP field configurations i just cooked up. ALL of these conditions exist on fields that i have umpired on before (and still do) and are VARSITY fields.

The scoreboard is in center field in FRONT of the fence right up against it.

The foul poles are located in FRONT of the fence and about an inch away from it.

The trees do dangle over the outfield fence.

I've heard multiple ground rules for all of these situations, which is why i wanted to know if there was a rulebook definition for what should happen in these situations; b/c i have heard coaches give home runs for hitting the scoreboard/foul pole and i've heard giving them doubles if the ball went over the fence, etc. Although these are rag-tag fields, varsity teams do play on them, so i just want to be sure the ground rules they give are within the rules.