Catches at the fence

[jxt127]

Just to add a little mix in here. Most of the fences here have those green or yellow caps on them. The cap is rounded and protrudes on both sides of the fence.

If you were to take a perpendicular line up the front of the fence it would leave some of the cap inside the park and some of the cap outside.

Now personally I can see that, in general, if a fly ball were to hit the cap "inside" the fence line then the ball will likely bounce back into the field. If it were to hit on the outside of the cap then it will continue out to DBT.

The odds of my being able to see for certain which side of the cap the ball hit on are just about zero. So if a fair ball hits and continues out then I have a Home Run. If it hits and returns to the field then I have a live ball. If the ball hits the cap and is then gloved by a fielder I have no catch but a live ball.

Also I have seen a couple of league where there make it simple and by local rule if the ball hits the cap on the fly it's a home run.

John T