Infield Fly Enforcement

[UmpJM]

johnny,

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

Maybe it's in the FED book...there's something in there about the players being responsible for knowing the situation.

Cite, please.

Don't bust me up so bad...

That was nothing, I assure you.

I didn't make a direct citation...

No, you made two half-assed, incorrect, vague references - as if you knew what they said.

but I do have those books that I do cite in my possession.

That's great! Why don't you crack 'em open and find out what's inside?

relax. I'll edit my post to make it easier on you.

I'm very relaxed, thank you. Your post could not have been easier to respond to. Nice edit.

My point is, that when you post unadulterated BS here, as if you knew what you were talking about, it defeats the whole purpose of this board.

If you were a newbie, you'd get a little slack. But you're not. You've been posting here for years, and I know from experience that you can do better. If you don't like being called on it for posting BS, then don't post BS. Leave making stuff up to the coaches.

JM

[johnnyg08]

You're right, I could've done better. If I'm going to post things regarding rules, rule sets, etc...I should be more careful and be sure what I think I saw, is what I read. People come on here to get the right answer...not myth number 20546. Thanks for keeping me sharp. For the record...I have no idea where I read what I thought I read...I reconsulted J/R, MLBUM, OBR, Red book, FED rules, PBUC, and didn't see it in there. Maybe I should stop listening to the voices in my head. :-)

[umpjim]

The cites in FED that require: "Both teams have the responsibilty to know when conditions exist for an infield fly." are casebook 10.2.3 sit F. (erroneously called) and 10.2.3 sit G. (not called).
Flipping pages to find that stuff is hard but using the find function on the downloaded rules makes it much easier.

[johnnyg08]

Thank you. I knew it was in there somewhere. Yes, the searchable pdf's are the way to go.

[btdt]

could you provide a link for download of rules

[umpjim]

Login here: NFHS | National Federation of State High School Associations if you have a login or pay the $20 and create a login.

Navigation to the rulebooks can be confusing but you start with Publications Library and go to rules information and then you will see available subcategories and baseball will be there. I could not paste that link.


The rule book and casebook can be downloaded to your computer but you can't copy and paste anything from them.

[BretMan]

Originally Posted by umpjim

The rule book and casebook can be downloaded to your computer but you can't copy and paste anything from them.

That is new this year. In the past you could copy and paste to your heart's content.

Oddly, some of the 2010 rule books for other sports still retain the full copy and paste functions. It makes me wonder if disabling the cut & paste functions for the baseball rule books was intentional or the accidental result of some random security setting when the books were posted.