Infield Fly - ordinary effort

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Originally posted by mcrowder
RE: the OP... I actually didn't say he blew the call. I wasn't there. He asked if he pulled the trigger too early. If he called IFF at the apex without checking the locations of the fielders, then I still think he pulled the trigger too early.

However, it's entirely possible that he STILL made the correct call. There's not a heck of a lot of room between pitcher and catcher - even the crappiest and slowest should have either A) caught the ball, or B) having flubbed the catch still had enough time/ability to attempt a DP.

RE: why did Mike return his runners? You say that in that sitch they CAN run... the problem is, if you didn't call what SHOULD have been called in retrospect, the runners have to assume that they HAVE to run. Thus putting themselves at risk. I would likely return the runners as well if I retroactively call an IFF.

bah, you can always fall back on "its your job to know IFF".. but that IS THE trouble with not calling it when its an ify call... you have to work through a bunch of crap.. not just say.. "hey IFF, BR out .. now let me go eat my hotdog and shawdup"