no call or foul ball?

[Dakota]

Originally posted by Striker991
A tree wasn't foreign to the natural ground...

At least that's what my forestry teacher tried to convince us of...

Hitting the tree over dead ball territory would always result in a dead ball...but not over live ball territory...you may have an issue with a catch, but not a fair ball.

I was quoting the definition of a foul ball, and in the situation presented, the ball hit tree branches hanging over foul territory. While trees come from the natural ground, they aren't part of the ground. At least that assertion is what I am claiming. If anyone has an authoritative ruling to the contrary, I'm open to it.

But, in the scenario presented, with no prior discussion of ground rules, I would have called foul ball.