Base Awards

[Guest Rick Anderegg]

The batter hits a long fly ball down the line near the foul pole.  The left fielder comes over to catch the ball right in front of the foul pole where the ball hits his glove in fair territory and deflects over the fence on the FOUL side of the foul pole.  Is this a home run or 2 base award?  Or what??

[Mudisfun]

Since it was touched in fair but exited in foul a 2 base award from time of pitch.

[noumpere]

here's the rule:

 

7.05 Each runner including the batter-runner may, without liability to be put out,

advance—

 

 

(f) Two bases, if a fair ball bounces or is deflected into the stands outside the first or

third base foul lines; or if it goes through or under a field fence, or through or under

a scoreboard, or through or under shrubbery or vines on the fence; or if it sticks in

such fence, scoreboard, shrubbery or vines;

 

The part in red describes the OP

 

 

FED:

 

The rule could be clearer in FED, but the ruling is the same:

 

2008 SITUATION 3: A fly ball hit deep to right field along the foul line hits the right fielder on the head. The ball then bounces off his head and, in flight, goes over the outfield fence, but does so on the foul side of the foul pole. Is this a home run? RULING: No, this is a ground-rule double. A home run is a fair ball that goes over a fence in flight in fair territory. (8-3-4a)

[Guest Richard Anderegg]

Would this also be the case in NFHS?  I cannot find chapter and verse on this one in NFHS books.  Help?

[Mudisfun]

Same in all codes. 

[noumpere]

The rule could be clearer in FED, but the ruling is the same:

 

2008 SITUATION 3: A fly ball hit deep to right field along the foul line hits the right fielder on the head. The ball then bounces off his head and, in flight, goes over the outfield fence, but does so on the foul side of the foul pole. Is this a home run? RULING: No, this is a ground-rule double. A home run is a fair ball that goes over a fence in flight in fair territory. (8-3-4a)

[johnnyg08]

The rule could be clearer in FED, but the ruling is the same:

 

2008 SITUATION 3: A fly ball hit deep to right field along the foul line hits the right fielder on the head. The ball then bounces off his head and, in flight, goes over the outfield fence, but does so on the foul side of the foul pole. Is this a home run? RULING: No, this is a ground-rule double. A home run is a fair ball that goes over a fence in flight in fair territory. (8-3-4a)

 

Nice job noumpere! I threw your FED interp into your OBR interp and marked it solved.

[maven]

Here's the applicable FED rule:
 

RULE 8-3-3
 
Each runner is awarded:

c. two bases if a fair batted or thrown ball becomes dead because of bouncing over or passing through a fence...

The ball touching the fielder while it was over fair made it a fair ball. When it left the field by bouncing out on the foul side of the pole, the award became 2 bases.

 

Had the fly ball bounced off the fielder and left the field on the FAIR side of the pole without touching the ground or anything else, the award would be 4 bases (home run). A batted fly ball that touches only a fielder is still in flight. 2-6-1

[JaxRolo]

Yep 2 bases