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Originally Posted by jimpiano
Rule 1.
Infield Fly Rule:
A fair fly ball, not including a line drive or an attempted bunt which can be caught by an infielder, pitcher or catcher with ordinary effort when first and second, or first,second,and third bases are occupied with less than two outs.
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Forget about all that other stuff for now. Because I think you need to reread the definition until you understand it.
IFR is not automatic on infield popups with bases as described. EVER. NEVER. It's never automatic.
It is a
Judgment call based on whether the umpire sees that the ball could be caught with ordinary effort.
If the scenario had stated "an infield pop up that could be caught with ordinary effort" - then you could bring IFR into the conversation, because that would have described a scenario involving IFR. It was not put there on purpose.
I honestly doubt this will help you, but that is the facts of proper application of IFR. You will continue to insist this is a clear IFR situation and rules prevent this scenario.. but you are more than incorrect.