ball deflected off dugout or fence back fair?

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by roadking

NCAA...home team ground rules, some teams declare the face of the dug out in play when ball deflects back into fair territory between home and first and home and third?

Originally Posted by WES_CT_UMP

That's for thrown balls. I have never ever heard of batted balls deflecting off of any foreign object being ruled fair.

Originally Posted by roadking

A thrown balls makes more sense, I either misunderstood the rule interpretation from another umpire or was just given the wrong info., I found it hard to swallow this would be allowed. Thanks

However, on a thrown ball, it doesn't matter if it deflects into fair or foul territory. It only matters that it stays in live ball territory without ever having been in a dead ball area.