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talk about adding assumptions to a situation.
Why are we assuming the umpire screwed up at all. This could have been a perfectly called IFF, but a fluke gust after he called it caused the ball to be difficult after the fact.
Here's the other thing. Even in a very windy day, if this popup is near the catcher, your definition of ordinary effort better be VERY lenient, because if you don't call it, and the ball drops, this is an EASY double play on R3 and R2, which goes against the INTENT of the IFF rule.
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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