IMO, it's not a home run. The ball wasn't going to clear the wall, so that's a ground-rule double. If it didn't hit his head, it would have been a ball in-play.
Someone, please explain how this is a home run. The ball wasn't even the height of the wall. If it hit anything else and bounced over the wall, it's a ground-rule double?! I'm not from either team's city, so I have no skin in the game. Just asking someone, anyone, to explain why, in this case, hitting something, even a head, is not a ground-rule double.
So just to make it fair across the board if you're trying to keep a deepball from going over the wall all you would have to do is touch it then its groundruled double this is only time the fluke could work the other way .
"The ball hit fair territory, bounced off a player (Canseco), and then cleared the fence without touching the ground. According to baseball rules, a ball that hits a player and goes over the fence without touching the ground is considered a home run. "
To beat a dead horse . . . Lol. If you look closely, the ball leaves an indentation in the padded wall, ricochets off the wall, THEN hits him in the head, AND THEN bounces over the wall. The indentation remains in the padding. Everyone is wrong. The batter just got a lucky call.🤦♀️
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IMO, it's not a home run. The ball wasn't going to clear the wall, so that's a ground-rule double. If it didn't hit his head, it would have been a ball in-play.
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Someone, please explain how this is a home run. The ball wasn't even the height of the wall. If it hit anything else and bounced over the wall, it's a ground-rule double?! I'm not from either team's city, so I have no skin in the game. Just asking someone, anyone, to explain why, in this case, hitting something, even a head, is not a ground-rule double.
Should be off the head rule double
So just to make it fair across the board if you're trying to keep a deepball from going over the wall all you would have to do is touch it then its groundruled double this is only time the fluke could work the other way .
I've never understood laughing at someone else's misfortune. Shame on that announcer.
It's the rods….in this instance!
"The ball hit fair territory, bounced off a player (Canseco), and then cleared the fence without touching the ground. According to baseball rules, a ball that hits a player and goes over the fence without touching the ground is considered a home run.
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To beat a dead horse . . . Lol. If you look closely, the ball leaves an indentation in the padded wall, ricochets off the wall, THEN hits him in the head, AND THEN bounces over the wall. The indentation remains in the padding. Everyone is wrong. The batter just got a lucky call.🤦♀️
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He could’ve caught it for the same price.