Editing Ground rule double (section)

{{Short description|A baseball rule that awards two bases due to the ball leaving play}}
{{redirect|Automatic double|the analogue recording technique|Automatic double tracking}}
[[File:Ground_rule_double.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.25|[[Outfielder]]s raising their arms, due to the baseball going under or becoming stuck in the fence, resulting in a ground rule double.]]
A '''ground rule double''' is a [[baseball]] rule that awards two bases from the [[time of pitch]] to all [[baserunner]]s including the [[batter (baseball)|batter-runner]], as a result of the ball leaving play after being hit fairly and leaving the field under a condition of the [[ground rules]] in effect at the field where the game is being played. An '''automatic double''' is the term used to refer to a fairly hit ball leaving the field in circumstances that do not merit a [[home run]], such as when the ball's first bounce was within the field. The automatic double (or rule-book double) is commonly called a ground rule double.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ceeU7xSLw5kC&q=%22ground+rule+double%22+%22automatic+double%22&pg=PA390|title=The Dickson Baseball Dictionary |edition=Third|isbn=978-0-393-07349-2|last1=Dickson|first1=Paul|date=2011|page=390|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company }}</ref>