GROUND RULES FOR ALL FIELDS

All scoreboards are located beyond the outfield fence, out of play. 

A legally batted fair ball hitting the score­board on the fly is a HOME RUN. A legally batted fair ball that bounces and hits the score­board is a GROUND RULE DOUBLE.

The front, vertical section of any Press box, dugout or other structure that abuts the playing field shall be considered part of the fence.

Any batted or thrown ball striking this part of the structure shall be considered live or dead as would be ruled for striking the fence. Any opening that allows the ball to enter the structure shall be treated as an opening in the fence.

Any ball which passes through an opening in the fence (past the plane of the fence) is in dead ball territory. 

This includes any intended opening in the fence for access, whether gated or not, and the openings into the dugouts. 

Any batted ball which touches a tree:

1) outside the foul lines (in foul territory) is immediately dead and shall not be played even if it falls onto the field of play.

2) inside the foul lines (in fair territory) is live and in play as though it had not touched anything and is judged ultimately fair or foul by where it lands, is touched, or crosses the fence. It shall be declared a home run if the ball crosses the fence in fair territory; if it does not cross the fence it is live or dead depending on whether it is declared fair or foul and an out shall be called if it is caught before it hits the ground. 

Any thrown ball striking a tree remains alive and in play, unless the umpire judges that the contact with the tree was outside the field of play (beyond the fence line).