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Like Michael says, the key is 'ordinary effort'. In no way, in the sitch presented, should this be an IFF. No infielder could have caught this shallow fly ball with ordinary effort.
I had a situation, IFF in effect, batter takes a full swing and hits a nubber in a soft arc, and it lands about 20 feet away between the pitcher's mound and first base line. The ball is untouched, and was no infielder would have been able to reach it even with herculean effort. No IFF was called, everyone was safe. Defensive coach was a bit perplexed, we talked about it at the time and he also came out to discuss it more between innings. He eventually accepted our ruling.
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Bob P.
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