Infield Fly?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by rbmartin

OBR Sec 2. An INFIELD FLY is a fair fly ball (not including a line drive nor an attempted bunt) which can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort,...

OBR 6.05 (I) A batter is out when..An infielder intentionally drops a fair fly ball or line drive, with first, first and second, first and third, or first, second and third base occupied before two are out. The ball is dead and runner or runners shall return to their original base or bases;...

Thanks for the citations. I was too lazy this morning to post the rules.

You might have bolded "or line drive" from 6.05, since the OP mentions a line drive. Unlike IFF, the intentional drop rule DOES apply to line drives (soft or otherwise).

It's worth pointing out to those not familiar with this rule is that to rule an intentional drop, you must have a fielder touch the ball in flight and drop it: merely letting a looping liner drop in front of him, untouched, when he might have caught it is NOT an intentional drop.