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RazorbackExpat

(797 posts)
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 06:36 AM Nov 15

How would you rule on this play?

While watching the Japan-Korea series that is being played in the Tokyo Dome, one of the Japanese batters hit a towering fly that looked like it was going to be a home run. But the ball went so high that it actually hit the dome, 180 feet above the playing field. That changed the ball's trajectory, and it landed in the seats in foul territory. The umpire ruled it as a ground rules double. But the Korean side appealed. What do you think was the final ruling?

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JT45242

(3,759 posts)
1. If it was in fair territory when it hit part of the structure...
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 06:46 AM
Nov 15

Ground rule double is correct.

RazorbackExpat

(797 posts)
3. The Korean side won their appeal
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 07:07 AM
Nov 15

They argued that since the ball landed foul, it was a foul. It ended up being a moot point, however, as the batter ended up on base anyway and scored on another batter's 3-run home run.

chicoescuela

(2,518 posts)
4. This should have been discussed at the pre game plate conference as a
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 07:31 AM
Nov 15

part of the field’s ground rules. Never should have been an issue once the game began.

JT45242

(3,759 posts)
5. Looked up dome hits off roof..
Sat Nov 15, 2025, 09:10 AM
Nov 15

Mike Schmidt hit speaker in Astrodome turned a monster home run into single

Kingman hit one into the roof if Metrodome was ground rule double.

Apparently, it's suppose to be discussed pregame.

Seems like easy to make a universal rule but baseball baseball i guess

BOSSHOG

(44,209 posts)
7. Okay wacko two cents here to stir the pot
Sun Nov 16, 2025, 07:54 PM
Nov 16

If the batter was from the visitors team home run, if from the home team foul ball. The dome was an impediment caused by the home team. Just stirring the pot.

George McGovern

(10,224 posts)
9. Thanks for this posting RazorbackExpat. I'd go with ground-rule double. Could that be one the game's unwritten rules?
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 08:13 PM
Saturday

Since the beginnings of baseball in the 19th century, players have adopted unwritten rules about how to behave during the game. According to sportswriter Ross Bernstein, these rules have evolved over time. Joe Garagiola wrote a book about baseball published in 1960, titled Baseball is a Funny Game, in which he mentioned the unwritten rules of baseball.

"Baseball is a game played with bat and ball and governed by rules set forth by a committee under the direction of the commissioner of baseball. Baseball is a game played by human beings and governed by unwritten laws of survival and self-preservation.
— Joe Garagiola"

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