I'm responsible for getting distance signage for a baseball field and would like some help. I've been given some information I was unaware of that doesn't make sense.
If home plate to right field measures 320 to the fence, for instance, I assumed that the distance signage would be for just that amount - 320 feet. Someone told me that you have to include the height of the fence in the stated distance measurement. For instance, if there is 6 foot fence there then the official measurement should really be 326. If there is a 20 foot fence there then the measurement should be stated as 340, etc.
Does anyone have any information on this? What they're telling me seems reasonable for measuring the distance of a home run hit at that point, but I think that the distance as stated on the field should be the actual measurement. Thanks.
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