infield fly and an interference

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by clev1967

Interesting in that in reality you are getting two outs on the same act. One out for the pop up the batter hit (IFF) and one for the same pop up that SS is heading for(INT) If indeed SS still had some ground to cover at the time of the INT and INT by rule is a dead ball I am not calling IFF and my defense is that at the time of the INT it could not be judged whether that ball was clearly catchable.

In your OP, you stated R1 broke with the pitch. If this was a ball that could be caught with normal ease, R1 is well off the base, and liable to be doubled off. This isn't interference with the pop fly; batter is out on the IFF. This is interference with the opportunity to make the next play.

So, not two outs on the pop up. The two outs are different; if R1 stayed on the base, there would be no additional play, and no interference.