Rules question

[TEXSAN_1]

If a ball hits the foul pole and goes foul...is it a home run anyway?

[EvanAparra]

If a ball hits the foul pole and goes foul...is it a home run anyway?

If it hits the foul pole and is never found again it is a home run. As long as it hits any part of the pole its a goner.

[Padday]

Here's something, what if it hits the flag pole in centre field at Minute Maid Park and goes foul?

[EvanAparra]

Here's something, what if it hits the flag pole in centre field at Minute Maid Park and goes foul?

Then that would be the biggest bounce in the history of the world.

[Padday]

Then that would be the biggest bounce in the history of the world.

Flubber! Duh!

[Behrendj]

Ball is it down the foul line and it hits the foul pole is it a home run? Yes the fouls poles are an extenstion of the foul lines.

[Behrendj]

Here's something, what if it hits the flag pole in centre field at Minute Maid Park and goes foul?

Then that would be a home run dead center field and the ball becomes dead. New ball put in to play after the runner touchs all bases safetly. Good job

[Utility07]

Correct me if I am incorrect, but the flagpole is in fair territory, inside the fence, which would make it part of the field, just like an infield lip.

If it is inside the fence, a ball hitting this, then landing in foul territory would just be one looooong strike.

[EvanAparra]

Correct me if I am incorrect, but the flagpole is in fair territory, inside the fence, which would make it part of the field, just like an infield lip.

If it is inside the fence, a ball hitting this, then landing in foul territory would just be one looooong strike.

I wouldnt think so.

[PopTop]

Correct me if I am incorrect, but the flagpole is in fair territory, inside the fence, which would make it part of the field, just like an infield lip.

If it is inside the fence, a ball hitting this, then landing in foul territory would just be one looooong strike.

Pretty weird to even think about it hitting that pole and ricocheting into foul territory. But I guess it could happen.

I think it would be some ground rule hit of some sort, likely left to the judgment of the umpires. If it hits that flag pole and is then caught, it is NOT an out and the ball remains live and in play. It's the same as if it hit the wall first.

[tadlock11]

IMO, If it hits the flag pole that is in fair territory, then went foul, it should be a ground rule double. That is pretty far fetched but if it were to happen, that is what I would expect the call to be (if I'm understanding your question correctly).

[PopTop]

You're probably right, tadlock. As you say, logic sort of dictates that to be the likely call.

But I remember when Mike Schmidt hit one of the speakers hung from the top of the Astrodome in CF some while back, mid-70s. Don't remember specifics, but that speaker was a good 100-ft off the field and at least 300-ft from the plate. Such an occurrence had already been accounted for in the ground rules for the original 8th Wonder of the World. The ball dropped into the outfield and, per the rules, was in play. Schmidt, thinking like the rest of us that the ball was headed out of the park for a homer, wound up with just a single since he was in a HR trot.

Believe they pulled the speakers up even higher after that, and eventually those speakers were taken out when a new PA/Sound system was installed. Who knows, maybe they have something about this already in the ground rules at Arthur Andersen Memorial Std. I know they do have rules in place about the transbeams in the ceiling for when the roof is closed.