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Originally Posted by UES-2
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I feel the infield fly rule should have definitely been enforced. There are two major considerations here: 1. Did the ball have enough arc to be considered a fly ball rather than a line drive? and 2. Where was the second baseman originally positioned at the time the ball was batted?
The ball had enough arc and the fielder could have fielded it with reasonable effort from his starting position. A smart play by the second baseman. This was an easy one with replay. Might have been a little tougher live action.
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For what it's worth, without any kind of citation, I doubt you will get much buy in from many here.
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I don't think that the call made my Crawford was completely wrong.
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Clearly you do because you argued quite emphatically for the IFF call in the now-deleted thread.