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Any batted ball that hits the BR (batter-runner) or any other runner is immediately dead. The call is "DEAD BALL", loud and repeated until every one gives up the play. Then call "FOUL BALL", "BATTER IS OUT" or whatever applies.
On an infield fly, the judgement is made at the peak, but as said above, sometimes you have to wait to judge reachability. Also remember, the rule says infielder not infield, which means the grass line means nothing. The call is "INFIELD FLY, BATTER IS OUT" or "INFIELD FLY, BATTER IS OUT IF FAIR" loud enough for all runners to hear.
Then you have my opinion that the intent of the rule is to protect runners from cheap double plays and that "ordinary effort" has always been a misinterpreted wording of the intent.
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Officiating takes more than OJT.
It's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be.
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