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Originally Posted by Reffing Rev.
So to be an ASA umpire you have to attend an annual clinic.
In 3 days I've had
1. Umpire tells me the IF rule is in effect anytime there is a force at 2nd with less than 2 outs.
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Is this some sort of local rule in places, or is it merely a rule myth?
A few years ago, some colleagues and classmates played in our city's co-ed slow pitch league and I'd keep score for them. For our season opener one particular year, the exact same thing happened. In our half of the first inning, our lead-off runner got a single and the next batter hit an infield popup. Everyone on our team was
when the umpire called an infield fly. When asked, he claimed it was a rule change. He also claimed that on a walk to a male, all runners advancing two bases didn't have to touch the first base as a speed-up rule. That wasn't one of our local rules but nobody questioned it.
The next week, our team played at a different field. I got there early and noticed we would have the league's head umpire calling our game. After exchanging hellos, I casually asked him about the infield fly play. He assured me there was no such rule and he'd talk to the umpire. Whatever he said must have sunken in because we had the original umpire again later that summer and he didn't make any more unusual calls.