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Old 08-07-2017, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by stlcardsfan View Post
Did you all see Austin Jackson of the Indians catch at Fenway in the last week or two? If not, he robbed a home run and ended up falling over the fence in right center into the Red Sox bullpen. The guys on MLB deemed it the best web gem of the year so far.

I have seen this happen several times before (notably in Fenway with the short fence) and in my humble opinion - this should be a home run. He caught the ball but did not keep the ball in the park. The ball ended up over the fence. Granted it did not touch the ground beyond the fence but Jackson surely did.

Since the ball and player ended up over the fence I say HR.

What say you?
I've never thought of that before, but that's an interesting take on things.

One thing I have never understood, but I guess it's based on the amount of space/land they have to utilize, is why there is not much of a standard when it comes to the size of baseball fields and fence heights?

All NHL ice surfaces, except for Olympic size ice rinks, are the same size, as I'm sure most NBA, NFL and soccer fields are too so why not baseball fields?
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