Thread: IFR fake?
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Old Thu Jul 25, 2013, 05:49pm
Rich Ives Rich Ives is offline
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Originally Posted by MD Longhorn View Post
I can't even fathom what a disadvantage would be... the advantage would, of course, be an undeserved out on the batter-runner.
As soon as an IFF is declared the runners just go back and stand on the base, knowing they will not be required to run. You've lost any potential to double them off. So no advantage there. It's a disadvantage. You want them off the base - but to do that you do NOT want an IFF declared.
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