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| | Ground rule double - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In baseball, a ground rule double is a term used to describe any fair ball that leaves the playing field, but in a situation where regulations prohibit calling the hit a home run. |
 | | The most common situation is a ball bouncing fair on the field and then leaving play, however, ground rules exist for various ballparks which provide ground rule doubles in other situations. |
 | | In every park, a hit that goes out of play (into the stands or out of the park) just as a home run, but on the bounce, having touched the ground in fair territory is an automatic double as covered by Major League Baseball rule 6.09 sections e, f, g, and h. |
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