Gotta have those lucky breaks. 3 inches below the yellow line leads to an out, while a swinging bunt leads to a run for us. Love it.
Not necessarily. It’s a ground rule. https://www.mlb.com/groundrules/venue-2392 Batted ball in flight strikes yellow line on fence or top of railing in left-center field and rebounds onto the playing field: In Play.
Dan Schulman on ESPN Radio mentioned before the game how much they were watering the field for Valdez as if it was an advantage