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Related: About this forumHow 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?
JT45242
(3,738 posts)Ground rule double is correct.
RazorbackExpat
(766 posts)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)part of the fields ground rules. Never should have been an issue once the game began.
JT45242
(3,738 posts)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