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Batter hits long fly ball that goes out of the playing field as a home run. However, the ball was hit exceptionally well and orbits the earth, coming back into the field of play where the CF makes the catch. If this could happen, this would be judged as an out, correct?
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No: it left the field of play fair and in flight. The ball is dead at that point, no matter what it orbits, and cannot be caught for an out. Good question. Have a puff for me.
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I think I saw this in a bugs bunny cartoon. Sr. Azul will be along soon to show that I was wrong -- it was an xxxxx cartoon, and provide a cut-an-paste of what is currently being taught a
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.......as the aliens begin to chant in their own language (or communicate via ESP)...............Throw it back! Throw it back! Throw it back!
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