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foul pole

noun

, Baseball.
  1. either of two poles, one on each foul line, being the vertical continuation of the outfield fence or wall, used by the umpire as a sight line in determining whether a fly ball hit near the foul line is a fair or foul ball.


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The tickets are primarily for seats high up in the reserve level, often near a foul pole.

With another hack two innings later, he launched a 397-foot three-run homer high over the right-field foul pole for his first home run of the series.

Ohtani followed with a three-run homer into the second deck in right field that left his bat at 115.9 mph and traveled 410 feet — and straight over the foul pole — for a 7-0 lead.

“That ball was 100 feet over the foul pole,” said third baseman Max Muncy, who hit a solo homer in the ninth, singled in the third and walked three times.

“The foul pole is not tall enough for that one.”

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