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Originally Posted by mcrowder
Maybe I missed one of your posts - but all I see you relying on is BR being out due to IFR. If it's not IFR, then do you rule by the book, or by what you think is fair. If you dodge the question yet again, I believe you have relegated yourself back to trolldom.
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I have never dodged the question.
That scenario is a clear infield fly rule situation.
The test question ignored that leaving only one correct answer.
I said that given that same scenario in an actual game the infield fly rule would be invoked. My answer to both is to rule by the book.
In the test question the umpire is correct in allowing the run to score because it came before the interfernce. Maybe the question was used to get us to think about the rule and suggest changes....Greymule thinks so, and I agree.
But in real life the situation, as described , is not that simple.
And the rule book has other citations that would allow an umpire to reach a different conclusion.
But the original point of GREYMULE is valid. Discussing the play has, also, led to a deeper reading of other rules and interpretations.
That is always good.