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From: gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: baseball question
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Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 10:47:42 EDT
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You are right in saying that if a ball hits the first or third base bag,
it is fair, whether or not after it hits the bag it goes fair.

I was always under the impression that whenever a ball hit the foul
pole, it was a home run if it hit above the left or right field walls.

Anybody know if the "orange line" rule at Shea Stadium is still in
effect?  For those who don't know, Shea Stadium's bullpens are in right
field.  The right field wall is higher than the rest of the outfield
walls (at least it was when I was last there).  If the ball is hit above
the orange line, it is a home run, whether or not the ball bounces back
into play.  I guess this is to protect the warmup pitchers from home
runs. 

Let's Go Mets!
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