FED: Catch or Homerun?

[Welpe]

Snow Fence:



Johnny, you'd be surprised. There are mountains in Southern California with snow and plenty of skiing and snowboarding.

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by Welpe

Snow Fence:



Johnny, you'd be surprised. There are mountains in Southern California with snow and plenty of skiing and snowboarding.

I'll take your word for it. Only been to Pac Beach. I stand corrected!

[DG]

We call that a temporary fence around here. What is snow about it?

Catch a ball and fall through it and have voluntary release on the other side and it's a catch. I think runners would advance one, if there were any and less than 2 out.

[jicecone]

It's a temporary plastic fence that is used for barricadeing areas and ls also used in areas to prevent drifting snow from building up where you don't want it. Like on the highway vs off the highway. Some peolple just call it a "snow fence" and some just call it a temporary fence. When not erected or maintained properly in the outfield it can cause problems in ruling catch or no catch.

[Rich Ives]

"Real" snow fence is wooden pickets, not plastic. Plastic would fall over too easily.

[DG]

Never liked them. I think fences should be taller than the players to be non-hazardous.

Many moons ago we played 12 year old games on a field designed for older kids, about 280 down the lines and 300 straight away. We did not bother with temp fences. There were no over the fence HRs, but quite a few that were inside the park. It was a lot of fun watching outfielders and runners run on a line drive in the gap, and no one complained about no fence.

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

"Real" snow fence is wooden pickets, not plastic. Plastic would fall over too easily.

True. To those of us who live where snow fences are all too common, they look like this: