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Old Thu May 24, 2018, 08:51am
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Originally Posted by umpjim View Post
MLB and MiLB have totally screwed up their stadiums and the criteria of leaving the playing field in flight. The playing field boundary being, by rule, the perpendicular extension of the outfield fence in fair territory. The particular "bicycle rack" construction has led to numerous miss calls in a stadium in my neck of the woods. News video showed the misses but stadium replay was not available. But this was not one of those. What defines the playing field boundary in that stadium?
Don't think there is much question in this case. The ball must go beyond the yellow border on the top of the "bike rack".
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