NCASAUmp Exactly how many strides away from the landing point of the ball constitutes "ordinary effort" on an infield fly?
CecilOne NCASAUmp wroteExactly how many strides away from the landing point of the ball constitutes "ordinary effort" on an infield fly? An ordinary number. 😉 🙂
NCASAUmp CecilOne wroteAn ordinary number. 😉 🙂 Oh. Damn, I guess I got that one wrong, then. I was guessing π. (That's pi, by the way).
SRW youngump wroteOn paper, ... On a ballfield, ... Holy schitt... I think the student gets it. It only took 4 years... 🙂
Rich Ives johnsonrod wrotewhy would one assume that. if the fielder catches a thrown ball in their glove and has it in their glove for 5 seconds before the tag, much longer than what would be needed to call a batter out on a batted ball, but the ball comes out immediately after the tag, why would one rule the ball was not previously securely held. would you say, 100% of the time, that when a fielder has the ball securely posses, the runner is out the instant the tag is applied, regardless if the ball comes loose a millisecond after the tag? If the ball was securely held it would not have come loose.
