Infield Fly Rule - Ball Drops

[johnnyg08]

He "squared around," planting his right foot, outside of the box.

[griff901c]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

He "squared around," planting his right foot, outside of the box.

And then what?......Make contact with the ball?.......

Try this...right after your meeting at the plate....GET RID OF THE INSIDE LINES...now what do you do?

Let'm play ball.....

griff

[Thom Coste]

Originally Posted by griff901c

And then what?......Make contact with the ball?.......

Try this...right after your meeting at the plate....GET RID OF THE INSIDE LINES...now what do you do?

Let'm play ball.....

griff

Sometimes you don't know where the batter's box is, but you do know where it isn't.

[UMP25]

Indeed.

[FTVMartin]

I called abatter out for this for this first time last week.

I saw him set up in the front of the box but didn't pay much attention to it. His stride took him about a foot in front of the box while a couple of balls missed badly low. This made me notice where his foot was. Then he swung and missed at the next two pitches, still way in front of the box. I made up my mind that I was calling him out if he made contact.

Next pitch he grounded to third and I called him out.

Of course coach argued but I showed him the footprint and he just *****ed that it wasn't a good baseball call. I told him it is a baseball rule so I made the call.

Question, how much should we let the batter get away with? I know that if any part of his foot is on the line he is good but how much past that do you guys go? In this case I felt it was way too far to let it go.

[jimpiano]

Bases loaded and 1 out.

Batter hits pop near first base.

Infield fly is invoked.

Runner on third comes home and scores before
batter runner interferes with first baseman making the catch, causing ball to drop safely in fair ground,

1. Does the run count? If not, why not?
2. If there was no runner on second and the same set of circumstances, would the run count? If not, why not?

[SAump]

Originally Posted by jimpiano

Bases loaded and 1 out.
Batter hits pop near first base.
Infield fly is invoked.

Runner on third comes home and scores before
batter runner interferes with first baseman making the catch, causing ball to drop safely in fair ground,

1. Does the run count? If not, why not?
2. If there was no runner on second and the same set of circumstances, would the run count? If not, why not?

1. No, failure to retouch
2. No, see 1.

Infield fly batter out, I on B/R prevents DP on R1 for 2nd out, and TP on R3 for 3rd out.

[jimpiano]

Originally Posted by SAump

1. No, failure to retouch
2. No, see 1.

Infield fly batter out, I on B/R prevents DP on R1 for 2nd out, and TP on R3 for 3rd out.

Please quote the rule for me in baseball that would not allow a run that scored before any interference?

There is no leaving early penalty if a fly ball is not caught, infield fly rule or not.
No out can be recorded in either circumstance for that, regardless of the interference.

So the question is does the interference negate the run? What rule in baseball covers that?

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by SAump

1. No, failure to retouch
2. No, see 1.

Infield fly batter out, I on B/R prevents DP on R1 for 2nd out, and TP on R3 for 3rd out.

Wow. That's just horrible.

So ... you require runners to retouch their bases on uncaught fly balls? Even worse ... you call them out and nullify their runs even if the defense doesn't appeal.

Your ANSWER may be right, but your reasoning is 100% incorrect.