how high does a ball need to be for a infield fly?

[johnnyg08]

why in the hell would you even try to measure that...then probably be a "smitty" and go to the concession stand explain "the rule" and a certain height...then pretty soon some other rat comes unglued when his team gets called for IFF when the ball is under 7 fricken meters...

[UMP25]

Is this discussion still going on???

Enough already. There is a clear demarcation or indicator: if the ball's arc is less than 23*, it cannot be an Infield Fly (OBR 9.01c subsection 2-a[i]).

[mook11]

Originally Posted by UMP25

Is this discussion still going on???

Enough already. There is a clear demarcation or indicator: if the ball's arc is less than 23*, it cannot be an Infield Fly (OBR 9.01c subsection 2-a[i]).

Thanks UMP25, I thought I was losing my mind

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by UMP25

Is this discussion still going on???

Enough already. There is a clear demarcation or indicator: if the ball's arc is less than 23*, it cannot be an Infield Fly (OBR 9.01c subsection 2-a[i]).

Exactly. Are some of you saying that your fields do not have a laser level mounted at the appropriate height on the backstop to measure this? I mean, there are *some* fields here (mostly for very low level games or in the extremely poor counties) that don't have the auto-sensor that turns on the "infield fly rule" light, and in one field the light is poorly positioned (only about 1/2 the fielders can see it), but even the local park district field that's used only for pick-up games has the level.

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Exactly. Are some of you saying that your fields do not have a laser level mounted at the appropriate height on the backstop to measure this? I mean, there are *some* fields here (mostly for very low level games or in the extremely poor counties) that don't have the auto-sensor that turns on the "infield fly rule" light, and in one field the light is poorly positioned (only about 1/2 the fielders can see it), but even the local park district field that's used only for pick-up games has the level.

You mean yours doesn't have the buzzer?

(If mook was pulling my chain, I fell, mook, line and sinker. )

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

You mean yours doesn't have the buzzer?

(If mook was pulling my chain, I fell, mook, line and sinker. )

We couldn't tell the buzzer from the cicadas. (That is, we couldn't tell the sounds apart. We could tell the items apart -- the cicadas taste better.)

[mook11]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

You mean yours doesn't have the buzzer?

(If mook was pulling my chain, I fell, mook, line and sinker. )

All - I apologize that my initial quote didn't have some sort of smiley face. I thought the fact that I was quoting some arbitrary amount in meters would be obvious.
I got a kick out of this thread as soon as I saw the title. I knew it would be interesting. The dropped/ let fall discussion was an added bonus.