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It is the beginning of the year. Umpires need to get into form as well as players, scorkeepers, and coaches. Unless a fly ball is a can of corn, or requires very minimal effort, I think that in a 13 and 14 year old league, it is hard enough to assume that the ball will even be caught. This was not a routine play. The ball didn't even land in the infield. Never the less. If the judgement is made to call an infield fly, everyone on the field should know it. And the call should be mirrored by the infield umpire, waving his arms as he yells.
For call from the umpire should never be to blame for the outcome of the game.
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