Ground Rules
Updated: 4/8/2010
- Trees and Other Immovable Objects: Any ball in the air which has not hit the ground and then hits a tree, light pole, wire, or other immovable object is immediately a dead ball and cannot be played or caught. If the ball is in foul territory when it hits the tree or object is it foul. If a ball is in fair territory past the home run fence and hits a tree or object it is a home run.
- Other Playing Field: A fair ball that rolls into the fair territory of the playing field not being used for the game in which the ball is hit, shall be dead and treated as a ground rule double.
- Airplanes: Any ball that hits an airplane shall be dead. If it was in fair territory when it struck the airplane, it shall be a ground rule double. If it was in foul territory, it shall be a foul ball.
Previous rules used at Ft. Reno Park, no longer in play:
- Fences: At the point where the orange fence starts, the chain link fence behind it shall be considered out of play, and any fair ball hitting it shall be a home run. The orange fence always begins at a break in the chain link fence, so the entire section of fence, including the pole behind the orange fence shall follow this rule.
- Field 1: A ball hitting the foul pole or homerun fence of Field 2 (right field) in the air, shall be a foul ball. The Field 2 fencing is entirely in foul territory from Field 1.
- Field 2: A ball hitting the right field foul pole of Field 1 (left center field on Field 2) above the level of the orange fence shall be a home run. The stage is considered an immovable object.
