Infield fly rule

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Originally Posted by rngrck

Had a couple of plays yesterday with 1st and 2nd , 1 out, B1 hits pop up over 1st base with F3 running out making the catch with his back to infield. Same situation later in game with F9 coming in calling F3 off, to make the catch.
How would you rule this?

The key words in OBR is "ordinary effort". I would think that there are few times when an INFer has his back to INF that "ordinary effort" prevails.

F9 is a completely different sitch. OF can be held to the IFR if the IF is high enough, the OF has enough chance and the INF has been waived off or failed to properly playhis position.