To me, I've never taken into account the ability of the person on the field when deciding on ordinary effort. I feel that ordinary effort means that ANY infielder, not just the person trying to make the catch, can eaisly get themselves under the ball and make a catch. By easily I mean not going into a full out sprint and diving to reach it. It has always seemed like a pretty easy call for me to make and I've never had any complaints from a coach when I have or have not called it.
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