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Old Mon Aug 11, 2014, 09:14am
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In practical terms, it would be an error. In the league world of scoring, it is a home run, and the batter should be sending a thank you card to the fielder.

There was a similar situation a couple years ago in a state playoff high school softball game.

High fly ball to deep center. Fielder goes back and is standing at the fence. Ball comes down and hits her glove and goes over the fence. The umpire correctly gives the B-R a 4 base award. The coach nearly gets tossed arguing it should be a ground ruled double because it did not clear the fence in flight. She lost the argument, but to this day maintains the play should have been a G-R double.
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Old Tue Aug 12, 2014, 11:19am
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High fly ball to deep center. Fielder goes back and is standing at the fence. Ball comes down and hits her glove and goes over the fence. The umpire correctly gives the B-R a 4 base award. The coach nearly gets tossed arguing it should be a ground ruled double because it did not clear the fence in flight. She lost the argument, but to this day maintains the play should have been a G-R double.
What would the coach have been arguing for if the LF had come over & caught the ball before it hit the ground? smh
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Old Wed Aug 13, 2014, 10:54pm
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What would the coach have been arguing for if the LF had come over & caught the ball before it hit the ground? smh
Knowing her, something.
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