Fly ball hits the foul pole

The "foul" pole is actually the "Fair" pole, and any ball that hits it on the fly is a fair ball regardless of where it goes afterwards. Above the fense is a homer, below is whatever the hitter can get.

If a fly ball hits the fair pole and lands fair in the field of play the batter/runner gets all he can?

As jax posted, It would depend on where it hit the pole.......some poles are behind the fence and some are the end post of the fence....so if the ball hits the foul pole ( although it should be called the fair pole, I am a traditionalist and call it what it has always been called.) above the fence it would be a home run....below the fence it would be in play and all the runner could get.

A ball striking the foul pole above the fence is regarded as "out of the park" even though it could rebound back into the field of play. It is a home run...

Thanks, everyone, from an amateur umpire who is trying to get better every day!

Way to go!! keep going!!.. thats the exact spirit I love to see in umpires.. the desire to get better every day

The day you stop trying to get better and think you know it all is when you cease to be an effective umpire.

.....let me know what I can do to help you along...