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In response to "A ball that hits the top of the fence is a home run for sure. Is that what you're asking? -- nm" by TFox

no, what i am asking is it the top of the fence considered in the stands?

Posted by tRuMaN (aka Truman) Oct 19 '10, 18:33

the call on the field was that the ball was in the stands, so therefore there wouldnt be interference. but the ball wasnt two rows back, or even one row back, it hit the top of the fence, so i am curious what is considered in the stands.

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I don't think the rule has to do with the ball being in the stands, it has to do with the OFer going into the stands to make the play. - TFox Oct 19, 18:35 7
- i am divinding that play into its distinct parts. - tRuMaN Oct 19, 18:39 5
  - I am not the MLB rulebook, but I think it makes sense to define "the stands" as anyplace outside the field of play where a ball would be an HR. -- nm - TFox Oct 19, 18:42 4
    - That's my understanding too. Fans are allowed to do whatever they want so long as they don't reach in front of the wall. -- nm - Ender Oct 19, 18:47 3
      - except from one angle I saw, they did reach over... - znufrii Oct 19, 18:52
      - Right. I had thought that probably not included dropkicking an OFer's arm, but apparently it doesn't. - TFox Oct 19, 18:51 1
        
        (Well, I just took a shit on the idea of "the sentence" right there. But you catch my drift.) -- nm - TFox Oct 19, 18:52
- But once it hits the top of the fence, the OF can't make a play -- the HR has been made. So it's "in the stands" in the sense that the fans - mara Oct 19, 18:38

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no, what i am asking is it the top of the fence considered in the stands?

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