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Originally posted by jicecone
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Originally posted by JJ
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Originally posted by gordon30307
An infield fly rule must be called when the ball is in the air.
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Once again, where does it say this in a manual? In the FED book it says, "When it seems apparent that a batted ball will be an infield fly, the umpire immediately announces it for the benefit of the runners." What if it's not apparent until it's been caught? Is that too late to declare it an infield fly and protect the runners?
[Edited by JJ on Jun 28th, 2005 at 11:21 AM]
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JJ,
No manual is necessary. If it is not apparent, well you then have never seen, heard, played, been at, are aware of or know anything about baseball.
In that case you should look to officiate a more familar sport other than baseball.
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If it's an infield fly, call it. If one or both umpires have brain failure and forget to call it, they can correct it by declaring BR out, everything else stands. Do not call IFF after a catch has been made because its not apparent until its caught. Thats the intent of the rule! If its not apparent its going to be caught, its not an IFF, period. If any situation occurs making the catch not able to be made "with ordinary effort" its not an IFF.