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Please allow me to repeat part of my comments on 7/13 in another IFR topic:
"While ordinary effort remains in the rule, it means ordinary; not skilled. At whatever level, if ordinary play could have reached the ball in time for a catch or play; it doesn't matter if the specific player makes a mistake, ignores the ball, misplays it or whatever. It only matters that a normal (non-superstar) player COULD have made the play.
And we must remember that the rule says infielder could, not that an outfielder can't and nothing about grass/dirt, baselines, or any imaginary line or distance."
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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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