too late to call infield fly?

[scottk_61]

Originally Posted by orangeump

Why would you enforce this rule if this ball suddenly blew back? That does not make much sense.

In order to CALL the infield fly rule, you must also have ordinary effort. If the ball falls in, how is that ordinary effort? The goal here is to not give an easy double play, not give an out to the defense cause the offense popped the ball up.

I say NO infield fly and if you dont call it at first, forget it and move on with life. All this talk about it calling itself is true, I guess, but also very unpractical and hard to talk yourself out of.

Orangey

Why would you NOT call the IF when the ball gets blown back in?
This is not a rare occurence, unusual-yes.
In the original sitch, it landed right in front of the F6, I don't see how it couldn't have been caught with ordinary effort.

Way back, when I was doing spring training in baseball we even had this same type of situation occur. The rule is the same for baseball and softball here.

I have seen the ball blown back in from foul territory, I mean way foul, over the stands foul but you still have to call it.

If you don't call/enforce the IF, you are putting the defense at a disadvantage.

Enforce the rules evenly and fairly, that is our job.