[greymule]

For some reason, many people—including those who certainly should know better—have the same or similar misconceptions about the IFR. I don't know why this rule causes so much difficulty.

I once worked with an ump who thought that runners could leave as soon the IFR was declared, as if the "catch" occurred at the moment of the out.

In a game I was watching this past summer, two of our experienced guys conferred a while and then asked me whether a runner who was off his base after an IFR pop was caught was liable to be put out on appeal. When they then properly called the runner out, the runner's team argued this seemingly obvious ruling.