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I've done LL softball at Regional level in two age brackets. No big deal.
I don't give a shirt about "ability." If fielder is under the rock and facing the plate, it's an IF.
Have we forgotten that the basis for this rule is to prevent the cheap DP? If F6 muffs it, can she pick it up and get an easy force or a DP? Then it's an IF, IMHO.
To wit: I once knew a less-than-diligent ump who (working the pads) jumped in and made a "safe" call on a (tag-up) appeal play at 3B when dish ump should have called it. When I (more or less his assignor) questioned this after the game, he said, "No big deal. The runner would have made it home anyway, the fly was so deep."
Same fawlty logic, methinks.
Ace in CT
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