New Infield Fly Rule Rules
 

New Forum Rules (a suggestion)

1) No post whose title includes the words Infield Fly or the abbreviation IFF shall receive more than 3 replies total.
2) Any poster repeating or rephrasing an answer to an infield fly question is subject to penalty, up to and including no beer for a week.
3) Any poster who posts on an infield fly thread after post 4 (1 plus the max of 3 replies) is subject to the same penalty, and may possibly receive a 2 week penalty if they are guilty of 2 and 3 at the same time.
4) Where possible, replies to Infield Fly questions should be answered with 1 word - yes, no, safe, or out - as the case may be.
5) Posters who post an infield fly question, and don't understand the answer, shall be put on permanent ignore.

Thank you,
Mike Crowder
President - TORATIFS (Tired Of Reading About The Infield Fly Society)

What, Only three replies
 

You do realize that this thread is destined to receive more than 3 replies thus breaking your first rule!

Note to self - if you want to irritate Crowder, post something about the Infield Fly (IFF) Rule.....:D

Nah, it doesn't take that...
 

Just use the phrase "she's doing what she's supposed to do".

Ok, we are at the limit! Nobody better post another reply!

OK, so is it IFR or IFF Rule? :D

Now you done it!

Now THAT depends on just how many beers you've had..............:p

Yes, infield is one word. :eek: :p :D

How about posting a "sticky" which says "the only thing different about an infield fly is the batter is out" ?

But what if.......

I think that would be TORATIFFS

Infield is one word, and therefore should be abbreviated with "I". This would make the abbreviation for Infield Fly Rule "IFR".

For those of us who are former military, we know "IFF" as "Identification Friend or Foe", used in aircraft transponders.

OK, here we go.
Other normal abbreviations include 'OF' for Outfield and 'IF' for Infield.
I still will go with IFF.:p

And, if anyone knows acronyms, it's the military.

Just curious, did you ever serve in the ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC? :D

yes, but
 

IFR can also stand for

IFR Instrument Flight Rules (aviation)
IFR International Financing Review (Thomson Financial Limited, London, UK)
IFR Institut Fédératif de Recherche (Research's Federative Institute)
IFR International Federation of Robotics
IFR International Finals Rodeo
IFR International Financial Review
IFR Interrupt Flag Register
IFR Instrumented Flux Return
IFR Interleaved Frame Recording (Video)
IFR In Frame Response
IFR In-Flight Report
IFR Interior Furniture Resources (Harrisburg, PA)
IFR Induced Field Ratio
IFR Intrinsic Failure Rate (reliability engineering)
IFR Initiative for Fiduciary Responsibility
IFR Insurance and Financial Review (State Farm)
IFR Issued for Review
IFR Injury Frequency Ratio (OSHA)
IFR International Fantasy Regulation (Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest)
IFR Institute of Finance Research (Vietnam)
IFR Indirect Fractal Resolution
IFR Integrated Functional Representation
IFR Interference-Fading Resistance
IFR Item for Review
IFR Instant Failure Rate
IFR Infield Fly Rule (baseball)
IFR Ideal Final Result (problem solving)
IFR Increasing Failure Rate
IFR Internal Floating Roof (storage tanks)
IFR Interim Financial Reporting (accounting)
IFR Institut für Religionspolitologie eV (Duisburg, Germany)
IFR Institute for Fisheries Resources
IFR International Fleet Review
IFR Interface Repository (CORBA)
IFR Institute of Food Research (UK)
IFR In-Flight Refueling
IFR Infrared Receiver
IFR Institute for Fisheries Research
IFR Integral Fast Reactor (nuclear reactor)
IFR Inherently Flame Retardant
IFR Indoor Firing Range
IFR Initial Flight Release (aviation)
IFR Interim Final Rule (FDA)