Infield Fly
 

Bases 1 & 2 occupied, 1 out, batter hits pop fly to ss. PU calls "infield fly, batter is out". Runner on 2nd thinks there is 2 out and runs to third while ball in in air. SS unitentionaly drops ball, then steps on 2nd.

Question - does runner on 2nd need to tag up, therfore is out or is runner safe at 3rd?

I think this exact senario has recently been discussed ad naseum - check out this thread.

http://forum.officiating.com/showthr...ht=infield+fly

If there's no catch, then why would you have to tag as a runner?

Simple answer is that you can advance at your own risk in this situation. R1 is safe at 3B since the SS never caught the ball.

Dropped fly ball = runner can haul butt at their own risk. So no, there's no tag-up needed. Appeal = denied.

Another "wrinkle" I had once...runner going from 2nd to 3rd interferes with the SS catching the fly ball. Double Play, batter out on IF and runner out for Interference. Gotta love those kinds of plays!

Another "wrinkle" I had once...runner going from 2nd to 3rd interferes with the SS catching the fly ball. Double Play, batter out on IF and runner out for Interference. Gotta love those kinds of plays!

Too bad the runner from 1B wasn't also running, or you could have called it intentional interference to break up a double play. Then you'd have had a triple play.

I had a similar play last week, only R1 running from 2B to 3B literally clipped the SS when he was making the throw to 1B to retire the B/R. R1 could have easily avoided the contact, so I rung him up...

Why was he trying to retire BR? BR was already out on the IFF.

I mean a similar interference call, not an IFF call.

Ah ... so you had a similar play in that it was nothing like the situation we are discussing. I get it. :) (Sarcasm fully in play - I'm not really slamming you.)

Exactly! :D

There are times when I type something, and it looks nothing like what I was thinking. I guess typing 120wpm will do that to you...