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Originally Posted by Dakota
These situations are HTBT, but in general, the "needs to know the situation" principle only applies up to when umpire judgment comes in. At that point, there is no "situation" to know.
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That is how I have always felt about this as well. Yeah, the runner is supposed to know the situation, but how is the runner supposed to know why the umpire didn't make the infield fly call? Did he just forget? Did he not recognize the situation? Did he determine the ball wasn't catchable with ordinary effort? How is the runner supposed to know this?
Why the infield fly is not being called would be the determining factor for the runner on whether they should take off or not. So, if the runner does not know why the IFF was not called, how can he/she be expected to know whether they should be running or not?