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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
Maybe I'm seeing something different than all of you, but it seems pretty straight forward, and "true" to me. Batter is out on the infield fly, and R2 is out on interference with a batted ball which has not passed (assumably) an infielder (F4) with an opportunity to make a play on that batted ball (remember, if R2 is about 20 feet from 1B, than one should be able to assume a high school age infielder can field that ball after it has hung in the air long enough to be judged an infield fly). R2 has no protection from interfering with an infield fly, caught or not; and apparently did. Two outs.
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I don't think you read the question correctly, Steve. B3 (as in batter) touched the ball while B3 is still 20' from 1B.
B3 is retired runner; interference must be intentional to be called. Nothing in question to indicate intent. Answer is false; one out (IFR); dead ball, runners stay at 1B and 2B.
Now - the question rises as to the exact time a batter is out on an IFR. Is it at time of the call? Or at the end of the play? Technically the umpires should have called "IFR, batter out
IF FAIR." So is the batter out, and then you "uncall the out" if the ball rolls into foul territory uncaught? Or is she technically not out until the ball is declared fair?
My feeling is that calling the IFR removes the force, but batter is not out until the end of the play. Thus B3, being hit by the ball, stopped it from going foul. Therefore B3 is out for interference, dead ball, all runners return.
Take your pick, but I only have one out.
WMB