No person has ever hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium! But Mickey Mantle came the closest on Memorial Day in 1956
No, a fair ball has never been hit of Yankee Stadium. Mickey Mantle came the closest twice, hit right roof shots that hit the facade (1956 and 1963) coming within a few feet of leaving the stadium. Also, Josh Gibons and Jimmy Fox and Barry Bonds hit long shots that stayed in the stadium. Hack Greenburg hit a ball out of Yankee Stadium but it was declared just foul.
No. On May 22, 1963 Mickey Mantle came close to hitting a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium. Mantle hit a home run off the right field upper façade in the "old Stadium". The façade was 108 feet high and the distance from home plate was 374 feet. The ball was still rising when it hit. Mickey thought it was the hardest ball he had ever hit.When I was a kid I remember hearing about Johnny Ellis, a catcher for the Yankees doing it in batting practice. I don't know how true this is because no body talks about.
if the ball is touched in fair territory by any object that the player brings with them onto the field is ruled a fair ball no-matter where it lands!
It would be a fair ball.
Home plate is in fair territory, therefore the ball would be a fair ball.
A ball hit out of the field of play of a baseball game becomes the property of the person who first takes possession of that ball -- whether the ball is fair or foul, or lands in the stands of the stadium or outside the stadium. As such, fans who get a home run ball can do pretty much anything they want with it -- keep it as a souvenir, throw it back onto the field, or toss it into the trash.
yes as long as it lands fair it is a fair ball
MLB Rule 2 defines a foul ball and includes the following ... "A batted ball not touched by a fielder, which hits the pitcher’s rubber and rebounds into foul territory, between home and first, or between home and third base is a foul ball."
The ball is fair. All bases are fair.
Fair is opposite. Foul Ball, Fair Ball.
Fair Exchange - 1962 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1-12 was released on: USA: 7 December 1962
When a punted ball is 'fair caught' by a receiver, the ball is spotted at the mark that the receiver caught the ball.