Infield Fly Rule

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by rbmartin

To home and then to 3rd?
To 3rd and then to 2nd ?
No chance. ball was too deep.

Either. If it was caught by an infielder, I doubt it was too deep (granted ... you were there and I was not). Especially when you consider that most likely the runners (at least those at 1st and 2nd) are relaxed and on the base. At the high school level (i.e. on the big diamond), a normal F4 should be able to throw to home or 3rd and have the fielder throw to 3rd or 2nd faster than a runner can go 90 feet, especially from a relaxed standing position. At least the assumption by the rulesmakers is that this is expected, hence the rule.