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Thu Apr 26, 2001, 10:52pm
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FED, Batter hits towering fly ball that hits top of
fence and bounces back into the playing field. HOME RUN??? Nothing discussed at pre game conference.
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Thu Apr 26, 2001, 11:28pm
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My ruling is no home run, play on.
The reason for my ruling is such, the front of the fence defines the "dead-ball line" for the outfield. If the ball bounced back into the field of play, then it must have hit the "front" of the fence and therefore never entered DBT, so no homerun.
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Fri Apr 27, 2001, 12:08am
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Me too........!!
Go with Don and Sam here.......
Unless there is a definative line or something painted on the fence.........I have got a live ball........of course my FED books are at the office.........(moan) Joel [Edited by Gulf Coast Blue on Apr 27th, 2001 at 06:26 AM]
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Fri Apr 27, 2001, 06:23am
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If the ball stayed in the park, it probably didn't hit the top of the fence. It may have hit the top of the inside of the fence, by not the plane of the fence which runs parallel to the ground.
Bottom line is the ball never left playable territory, therefore it live and in play.
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