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Fielder swats ball over fence - home run?
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Guest Goroon Farrow
Did the umpire make the correct call (home run) on the play where Mike Mahtook tried to barehand the ball that had bounced twice on top of the wall and came back in - only to accidentally swat the ball over the wall? Since the ball actually came back into the field of play, I wonder if the batter should have gotten only two bases.
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This has been discussed at length on other treads here. As far as I can tell there's no consensus, and we can't find a definitive cite in the rules, manuals, etc. Personally, I side with the ruli
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