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Originally Posted by johnnyg08
Have you ever seen a coach bring in an outfielder to play infield when the game winning run is on 3B? The defense walks the bases loaded in order to create the IFF and a force at all bases...I have seen this several times...in this instance, yes, F7 is in the infield, he is an infielder, but he's the left fielder playing in the infield...otherwise, what is his position name since all of the other infielders have their position names? It's not really an odd defensive alignment...it's a strategical defensive formation.
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No I haven't seen that alignment in well over 1,000 games umpired. I imagine it does happen from time to time, but it clearly falls into the category of an odd defensive alignment.
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Originally Posted by GarthB
RIF
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I am not familiar with this acronym.