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We like to call "infield fly" as soon as possible, and are taught to wait until the ball is at it's apex, but in some cases it is best to wait to see it coming down. If an infielder is camped under it, then it's an infield fly, regardless of where it is, as long as it is fair ball. If an infielder is still on the move to get to it, when it reaches the player, it is not ordinary effort. I had one a couple weeks ago, with infield playing in, that landed behind 1B, at the edge of the outfield grass. The first baseman and second baseman were running around in circles trying to find it, and neither got a glove on it. If the infielders had not been playing in, the 1B would have caught it easy. Coach comes out and says "why was that not an infield fly?", and I say it did not look to me like an infielder could catch it with ordinary effort, given the fact that neither of them even got a glove on it. But I waited till that one was halfway down from apex before deciding that this one was not going to be an infield fly.
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