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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 08:18am
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Interferance on infield fly. One out or two?

Pop-up hit very close to 1st, but clearly fair. Ball lands on runners head, Clunk.
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 09:20am
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This is a trick question... I just know it.
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 09:55am
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Unless it is, To get two outs, you'd need to have intentional interference to break up some kind of double play. One out. It's the runner, award the batter-runner first base.
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 10:31am
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By infield fly, do you mean as in runners on 1st and 2nd infield fly, or simply a pop up in the infield?

If it were actually an infield fly, there is no placing the batter on 1st base, they are already out.
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Unless it is, To get two outs, you'd need to have intentional interference to break up some kind of double play. One out. It's the runner, award the batter-runner first base.
Um. No.
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 10:51am
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Interferance on infield fly. One out or two?

Pop-up hit very close to 1st, but clearly fair. Ball lands on runners head, Clunk.
Well... which runner? BR is out the moment you say she is - with the assumption that the ball stays fair, which in this case it did.

So who did this ball hit? The retired BR? Barring intent to break up a DP, you have nothing.

R2 off the base (and assumedly before it's passed a fielder)? That runner is out too.
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 12:46pm
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R2 off the base (and assumedly before it's passed a fielder)? That runner is out too.
Taking it a step further, BR is already declared out on the infield fly. F3 misjudges the fly ball, runs forward in front of B2 (who is not touching any base), and the ball hits B2 on the head.
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 01:18pm
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The ball actually landed on the Runner (R2), not the batter runner. Officalls called dead ball, batter was out on infield fly, runners returned to base at time of pitch. Our discussion was do you also call the interferer out?
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 01:42pm
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Apparently, yes, unless he's touching a base.
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 02:15pm
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The ball actually landed on the Runner (R2), not the batter runner. Officalls called dead ball, batter was out on infield fly, runners returned to base at time of pitch. Our discussion was do you also call the interferer out?
Yes, if the interferer is off base.
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 06:45pm
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Yes, if the interferer is off base.
Well, now we have another question or two. Was the runner behind F3 or was another fielder in postion to field the ball AND get an out?
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Interferance on infield fly. One out or two?

Pop-up hit very close to 1st, but clearly fair. Ball lands on runners head, Clunk.
Was the runner still on the base?
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 11:18am
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Was the runner still on the base?
Congratulations, Tom. You are the first to ask the right question.
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Congratulations, Tom. You are the first to ask the right question.
I sort of asked it. My answer implies that whether the runner's on the base matters, as it specifies that the runner could be out if off the base. I should have gone further though.
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Old Fri Jul 22, 2011, 11:31am
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Congratulations, Tom. You are the first to ask the right question.
Well, when I first read the question, I thunk it...just didn't type it!

Does that count?
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