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Originally posted by CecilOne
OK, but we were discussing a genuine infield(er) fly.
The "offense not harmed" does not hold water because it implies you are reading the mind of every infielder - that they did not know it was an IFR situation.
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Referring to situation C, what I said was "no one in jeopardy" not "offense no harmed." The ASA case play on the uncalled IF says in the ruling
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The infield fly should have been in effect. Failure of the umpire to invoke the infield fly placed the runners in jeopardy. This is correctable by calling the batter out and returning the runners. (8-2I; 10-6C)
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implies to me that one of the rationales for making the delayed IF call was to correct the situation of placing the runners in jeopardy. There is no case play making the opposite case (placing the defense in jeopardy) by merely not giving them the BR out they did not earn. In situation C, it seemed to me that there was no jeopardy for the defense (other than the lack of the gift out), unlike situation B, where the defense attempt to put the BR out thereby allowing other runners to advance.