Ground Rules

The following are the ground rules for Wrigley Field.

• Baseball hits top or face of screen in front of bleacher wall and bounces back on playing field -- In Play
• Baseball hits top of screen and drops between screen and wall -- Home Run
• Baseball hits screen and bounces into bleachers -- Home Run
• Baseball sticks in screen in front of bleachers -- Double
• Baseball sticks in vines on bleacher wall -- Double
• Baseball comes out of vines -- In Play
• Baseball hits leftfield or rightfield foul markers above painted mark -- Home Run
• Baseball hits foul markers below painted mark and bounces back on playing field -- In Play
• Baseball goes under grates in leftfield or rightfield and remains there -- Double
• Baseball goes in or under grates on either side of home plate and remains there:
  • Pitched Ball- One Base
  • Thrown Ball - Two Bases
• Also: Players cannot enter the dugout steps at Wrigley Field to catch any foul pop fly.

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