Infield Fly - ball lands foul & rolls fair

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by tntviper1

in utrip it is an infield fly if it is in fair territory before passing 1st or 3rd. umps should call "infield fly if fair". and runners may be at risk. they can advance if it is fair.

I don't do U-trip, but I seriously doubt this interpretation.

[DaveASA/FED]

Not sure why you doubt it Irish, I might say there should be a few more descriptive words, or reworded a little bit. If the ball (assummed to be a pop fly easily catchable by an infielder) is ruled fair (what I think the poster was meaning when he stated in fair territory before 1st or 3rd) it is an IFF and runners can advance as all IFF rules state. being at risk to tag up if caught, and at risk to be tagged out if off a base.

[Skahtboi]

Mike is right, as per usual. USSSA has a similar IFR to all other codes. It reads:

INFIELD FLY. An infield fly is a fair fly (not including a line drive or an
attempted bunt) which can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort
(rule does not preclude outfielders from being allowed to make the catch);
and provided the hit is made before two are out and at a time when first
and second base or all bases are occupied.

This is from last year's book, as I don't have a 2008 handy. But I am sure there has been no change to this.

Viper, I don't know where you got your interpretation from, but we really need to stick to the rules, and not try and interpret them or believe any interp we have been given.

[CecilOne]

What is it that Mike and Scott are objecting to? Is it the incompleteness?

NOTE: this is his 1st post, perhaps not as well presented as those with years of experience on a forum, but ...

Seems to me I have to clarify what I say fairly often when being too cryptic.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

What is it that Mike and Scott are objecting to? Is it the incompleteness?

Read the post Mike made 5 minutes before you made this one.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by DaveASA/FED

Not sure why you doubt it Irish, I might say there should be a few more descriptive words, or reworded a little bit. If the ball (assummed to be a pop fly easily catchable by an infielder) is ruled fair (what I think the poster was meaning when he stated in fair territory before 1st or 3rd) it is an IFF and runners can advance as all IFF rules state. being at risk to tag up if caught, and at risk to be tagged out if off a base.

The poster specifically noted before the ball passed either corner base. That implies that behind the base would not be an infield fly. We also know that a ball in flight is nothing more than a ball in flight. It is neither fair nor foul until it touches someone/something, comes to rest on the ground or has left the playing area.