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RazorbackExpat

(766 posts)
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 06:36 AM 8 hrs ago

How would you rule on this play?

While watching the Japan-Korea series that is being played in the Tokyo Dome, one of the Japanese batters hit a towering fly that looked like it was going to be a home run. But the ball went so high that it actually hit the dome, 180 feet above the playing field. That changed the ball's trajectory, and it landed in the seats in foul territory. The umpire ruled it as a ground rules double. But the Korean side appealed. What do you think was the final ruling?

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How would you rule on this play? (Original Post) RazorbackExpat 8 hrs ago OP
If it was in fair territory when it hit part of the structure... JT45242 8 hrs ago #1
agree rurallib 8 hrs ago #2
The Korean side won their appeal RazorbackExpat 8 hrs ago #3
This should have been discussed at the pre game plate conference as a chicoescuela 8 hrs ago #4
Looked up dome hits off roof.. JT45242 6 hrs ago #5
Foul ball. kacekwl 4 hrs ago #6

JT45242

(3,738 posts)
1. If it was in fair territory when it hit part of the structure...
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 06:46 AM
8 hrs ago

Ground rule double is correct.

RazorbackExpat

(766 posts)
3. The Korean side won their appeal
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 07:07 AM
8 hrs ago

They argued that since the ball landed foul, it was a foul. It ended up being a moot point, however, as the batter ended up on base anyway and scored on another batter's 3-run home run.

chicoescuela

(2,490 posts)
4. This should have been discussed at the pre game plate conference as a
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 07:31 AM
8 hrs ago

part of the field’s ground rules. Never should have been an issue once the game began.

JT45242

(3,738 posts)
5. Looked up dome hits off roof..
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 09:10 AM
6 hrs ago

Mike Schmidt hit speaker in Astrodome turned a monster home run into single

Kingman hit one into the roof if Metrodome was ground rule double.

Apparently, it's suppose to be discussed pregame.

Seems like easy to make a universal rule but baseball baseball i guess

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