Homerun or not

Ball is in play. Yellow is for watching the ball if it goes over the wall.

I say play it also. That's a live ball.

Not a homerun...Play on.....a homerun must leave the field of play in flight or be deflected out of the field of play in fair territory...

And it must go over a fence to be a home run. Into the woods on a fly is a double.

Is the 'over the fence' rule or can local ground rules superseed this?

Back in the JR high days there was a park that had no fence and a drainage ditch that ran from LF foul pole on a sharp angle out to center (really deep by power alley).

Their rule was, "If it reaches the ditch in the air, its a HR, otherwise it was a double"

I only remember this because there was no warning track or other means for the LF to know he was about to run into this ditch. In our world of politcal correctness, I thought this an obvious safety hazzard and something should've been done about it.

It's a rule. The ball must go over a fence for a four-base award.

I knew those Desert Ridge guys were cheating...

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Originally posted by dash_riprock:
It's a rule. The ball must go over a fence for a four-base award.

The batter becomes a runner when-
(d)A fair ball passes over a fence or into the stands at a distance from home base of 250 feet or more. Such hit entitles the batter to a home run when he shall have touched all bases legally. A fair fly ball that passes out of the playing field at a point less than 250 feet from home base shall entitle the batter to advance to second base only;