WHERE A BALL HIT INTO THE STAIRWELL IS A GROUND RULE DOUBLE.

WHERE A BALL HIT INTO THE STAIRWELL IS A GROUND RULE DOUBLE. I posted http://philipschaefer.com/2010/12/09/a-large-tree-in-the-outfield/ about the park that the Class D Sheboygan Indians played in from 1940 to 1953. There was a very large oak tree in right-center field and balls hit into that area were ground rule triples. Michael Mancinelli had an http://www.boston.com/sports/schools/baseball/articles/2012/06/03/ground_rule_trouble/ in the Boston Globe (June 3) about unusual baseball fields in the Boston area. Two of the fields—French’s Common in Braintree and Frothingham Memorial Park in Easton—have a tree or trees on the field. However, the ground rules for each park are that if a ball hits a tree, it is still in play. The article has a picture of the French’s Common filed showing the Braintree town hall stretching into right field. Balls off the wall are in play, and: “For easy extra-base hits, balls that roll under the first-floor staircase or down into the basement stairwell are ground-rule doubles.”