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dallasvt

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Tech is 220 to center. Pitt is 200. Tech probably would have had two or


three more HRs if the game had been at Pitt, which leads me to my question.

Is Tech's field average size? Big? Small? It seems to me Pitt's is small. From the rule book (how is Pitt only 200):

2.15 Fences
2.15.1 It is highly recommended that the playing field be enclosed completely
by sideline fences and a permanent home run fence in a smooth arc of not
18 RULE 2 / Field of Play
more than 235 feet from home plate. If constructed of wood, concrete or
brick, it is strongly recommended that it be padded beginning not higher
than 1 foot off the ground and extending to the top of the wood, concrete
or brick or 6 feet from the ground, whichever is shorter.
2.15.2 Institutional fields with a 6-foot or taller fence shall be a minimum of
190 feet in left and right fields and 220 feet in center field. Institutional
fields with a 4-foot fence shall be a minimum of 210 feet in left and right
fields and 230 feet in center field. It is highly recommended municipal fields
meet these same requirements.
2.15.2.1 For all new construction, it is required that the fence be 6 feet or
higher and be a minimum of 190 feet in left and right fields and 220 in
center field.
2.15.3 If a temporary home run fence is used, it must be secured so as not to
collapse on and displace the foul pole. For an unfenced field, an out-ofbounds line shall be used to define dead-ball areas.
2.15.4 If the foul pole is located behind the home run fence, the white foul line
must be extended upward on the fence to connect the ground to the top of
the foul pole.

(In response to this post by RJHokie)

Posted: 03/28/2019 at 11:31AM



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  The Holes field is 200 in center. I believe -- RJHokie 03/28/2019 8:57PM
  No, it is 220. -- dallasvt 03/28/2019 11:48PM
  Gotta love it. ** -- HokieR 03/27/2019 8:17PM

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