Ground Rules
Last updated:
March 3, 2006
This is a work in progress, covering the official ground rules. Comments are welcome. Nothing on this page is meant to overturn umpire rulings on the field.
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All Fields
- Home team takes third base dugout
- Fly ball hits tree (branch, leaf, etc.) hanging over the fence
- Play stops
- If tree is hanging over foul ground
- If tree is hanging over fair ground, but not over outfield fence
- Umpire discretion.
- If ball would have landed fair
- If ball would have landed foul
- If tree is hanging over the outfield fence in fair ground
- Pop up hits overhanging spectator safety net
- Ball gets lodged in the fence or in a sponsor banner
- If a clearly (to the umpire) "stuck" ball, play stops
- Base awards (if any) are made according to the rule book.
- If not a clearly "stuck" ball, or if it is too far away for the umpire to see (outfield fence for example)
- If fielder attempts to make a play
- Ball remains live and in play
- If fielder does not attempt to make a play (throws arms up to signal a possible stuck ball is preferred)
- If umpire determines ball is lodged
- Bases awards (if any) are awarded according to the rule book
- If umpire determines ball is not stuck
- Once the sun drops behind the hills, there is just a few minutes of playable light remaining - this happens about 10 minutes before the published sunset time. You can check the sunset time here.
- Baumgartner Field
- Tree branches hang over the outfield fence line. Balls hitting the trees on the fly are home runs.
- Volunteer Field
- Tree branches hang over foul ground on the first base side. Balls hitting the tree are foul.
- Cardwell Field
- There is a "gap" in the fence in the left field corner. Balls rolling under the fence are treated the same as a ball lodged in the fence.
- McPherson Elementary School Fields
- Pop ups hitting the top of the spectator protective cage are foul balls
- No automatic home run distance (there are no outfield fences). Balls going past the outfielders which get interfered with are treated as spectator inteference.
- Balls going past the dugout fence lines (as if they extended) are out of play. Base awards (if any) are made based on the rule book.
- Redwood Middle School Fields
- No automatic home run distance (there are no outfield fences). Balls going past the outfielders which get interfered with are treated as spectator inteference.
- Balls going past the dugout fence lines (as if they extended) are out of play. Base awards (if any) are made based on the rule book.