Wind During IFF

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by HugoTafurst

The sun's location and effect is known and predictable, the effect of the wind (as in this case) was not.

That may be true. But why would the truth of that have anything to do with whether a ball is catchable with ordinary effort? If the location of the sun and the ball are such that the ball is not going to be easy to catch, why would you not take that into account?

The only difference between sun and wind is that you, the umpire, knew in advance that the sun might be an issue, whereas the wind probably took you, the umpire, by surprise. But that shouldn't change our decision making process.