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In response to "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." by TFox

i am divinding that play into its distinct parts.

Posted by tRuMaN (aka Truman) Oct 19 '10, 18:39

the call on the field was that the ball was in the "stands" therefore there is no fan interference, and therefore it is no reviewable. ok, i get that.

and i get that a fly ball hitting the top of the wall is considered a home run.

but there is a gap, from at least what the tv people said, between the first row of outfield seats and the wall, to keep interference down.

so if the ball is in the gap, is that the stands? the call on the field will not change, i get that, i just want to understand how that call was made, because it just seemed strange to me.

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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

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