re: Little league player makes catch of the year

Sorry posted a reply without seeing the replay.

Thought a poster was saying it crossed over the fence and therefore was a HR regardless of catch in the park.

Hasn't the rule always been, you can snag a HR away but only if you land back in the park? If you catch a ball, and you are out of the Park, the ball is out of the Park...but if you catch a ball out of the park but you land in the park...that's the body rule...the ball stays in the park.

Sorry I assumed the replay was some cool snag way over the fence but the guy stayed in the park...

Never heard of diving over the fence and that being an out.

I agree with the guy I responded to - after seeing the video - he was right - we all know that - it's baseball...if a ball is over the fence the only way it's an out is if someone catches it and brings it back into the field of play.

That's the long-standing baseball ethos, pathos, rule, code, etc.

You can't just jump over a fence like Evil Knievel and catch a ball down by the river and call it an out.

The ball doesn't have to stay in the park...but the person catching the ball, has to stay in the park.