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[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Zolty
In Baseball if a fly ball is hit into the outfield, hits a the wall then is caught by the outfielder is it an out?

No. It is a fair ball.

Baseball parks have their own ground rules to specify what should happen during quirky baseball occurances (since all baseball parks differ). However, no baseball park has a rule that if a ball hits the wall and is then caught, it is an out.

However, I believe that if a ball hits the ceiling or the wires holding up the Metrodome, then it is still a live ball and it can be caught for an out.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
It is most definitely an out. If after leaving the bat, the ball is caught before touching the ground, it's an out. Doesn't matter if the ball bounces off the wall or someone's head. It's an OUT.

Sorry, this happens all the time in Fenway Park off the Green Monster. It's not an out.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: MichaelD
It is most definitely an out. If after leaving the bat, the ball is caught before touching the ground, it's an out. Doesn't matter if the ball bounces off the wall or someone's head. It's an OUT.

You're an idiot. It's most definitely NOT an out. Hitting a players head and hitting the wall are completely different things.

Duh, idiot, you didn't READ and UNDERSTAND my entire post before you opened your trap and stuck your big, smelly feet in it.

I said AFTER the ball leaves the bat. NOT if the pitcher beans the guy. The OP stated:

In Baseball if a fly ball is hit into the outfield, hits a the wall then is caught by the outfielder is it an out?

Obviously saying that the ball has indeed been HIT by the batter already.

In which case, I'm RIGHT; it's an out.

Now, don't you feel like a jackass? HEEHAWW!!!!

You got served, idiot.

GagHalfrunt said "hitting a players head" meaning the ball, after being hit by the batter, hits a fielder on the head (think of the Jose Conseco play where the ball hit his head while he was playing outfield and bounced out into the stands for a home run). He did not say "hitting a players head" in the context of a pitcher beaning a batter.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: BigJ
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/umpires/ground_rules.jsp

So, by reading the various rules posted above, it seems that it VARIES if it's an out or not. So, I'm 50% correct, depending on what stadium the game is played in.

Which is BULLLLSHIT, really. Rules are rules. Rules aren't supposed to "vary depending on where you're playing." That's like saying "If both teams are wearing blue uniforms, FOUR strikes now makes an out."

Yet another reason why baseball sucks.

Please point out the ballpark in that link that says if the ball hits the outfield wall and the fielder catches it, it's an out.

 

[Sassy]

No. It isn't an out.


If the ball is caught after bouncing off another player I believe it's an ?OUT?. Am I right?

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: happybelly
Wow, almost 40% of the people in the poll think it's an out. Amazing.

Yeah, you wonder how baseball ever became America's pasttime.

I know the answer to the OP's question and I wasn't even born here!

 

[drum]

I love baseball.
that is all.

 

[JS80]

If it hits the foul post it's a home run.

 

[Tiamat]

Troglodyte:
1 : a member of a primitive people dwelling in caves

Just in case any of you didn't know what the word meant

 

[essasin]

It could hit off a another person's glove and still catch it for an out. Anything that hits a wall is considered dead or a hit. If it hits the foul line poles thats considered a home run.

 

[BeauJangles]

Jesus, this thread is a disgrace

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Jesus, this thread is a disgrace

 

[Mill]

Some of you are straight up crack smokers. IT IS NOT AN OUT.

 

[yosuke188]

Any Red Sox fans know that it is not an out.

Which of course reminds me that they have a 12 game winning streak going

By the way, I have a feeling this thread will come back sometime in the future.

 

[jjones]

So, if it's not an out, is it a touchdown, or just off sides?

 

[skyking]

Back in the Kingdome's day, they had speakers dangling down. I saw a couple of wild plays there, sometimes it would get caught for the out, other times the deflection would fool everyone and it would drop fair.

 

[Accipiter22]

no.....look at hte green monster.....

 

[Nik]

It's an automatic double and the ball is dead.

 

[ZOOYUKA]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Jesus, this thread is a disgrace

QFT. It is not an out.