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mccann Sat Apr 01, 2006 06:18pm

Infield Fly Rule
 
Had a JV game in which the batter hit a low line drive to the second baseman. The coach come out and wanted to know why I did not call the infield fly. I explained to him that I did not think that it was an easy catch for the second baseman to make. Did I make the correct call.

Smiley Sat Apr 01, 2006 06:31pm

Sounds like you made the correct call, but your response to the coach was incorrect. You don't have to judge the relative ease with which the fielder can catch a line drive. The infield fly rule only applies to fly balls. A line drive is not a fly ball.

I would have said, "Coach, for me to call the infield fly rule, there has to be a fly ball. That was a line drive."


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