today's trivia
Name all three criteria that are required for baseball's infield fly rule to be in effect.
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4mo
Came after dropped IFR.
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4mo
caught normally. The fly ball must be fair as well.
** Edited by santafe at 3/5/2026, 7:38:33 AM
** Edited by santafe at 3/5/2026, 7:39:47 AM
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4mo
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4mo
infielder with reasonable effort and can’t be a bunt.
although that's 4 things
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4mo
1) runners on 1st and 2nd (or bases loaded, which by definition has runners on 1st & 2nd), 2) less than 2 outs, and 3) a fair fly ball that in the umpire’s judgment can be caught by an infielder making an ordinary play The rule is there to prevent an infielder from deliberately not making an easy catch in order to get a double play.
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4mo
Strategy allows the infielder to allow the ball to drop.
** Edited by Stork at 3/5/2026, 9:00:19 AM
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4mo
to me.
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4mo
We had a hand signal so the crew knew IFR was in effect.
** Edited by TomTurkey at 3/5/2026, 2:35:21 PM
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4mo
will "drop" ball, hoping runners will run. At their own peril
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4mo
thingy? Which seems to be 4 things?
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4mo
making an ordinary play.
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4mo
“The umpire must rule also that a ball is an infield fly, even if handled by an outfielder, if, in the umpire's judgment, the ball could have been as easily handled by an infielder”
** Edited by Va AandM at 3/5/2026, 12:10:57 PM
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4mo
See my reply above. The runner jeopardy is in effect if they're positioned in the "infield."
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4mo
are the same, and he answered before me
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4mo
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4mo
infield fly rule by now.
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4mo
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4mo
pop fly easily caught.
** Edited by Brown Water at 3/5/2026, 7:43:14 AM
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4mo
** Edited by Stork at 3/5/2026, 7:44:10 AM
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4mo
Link:
Still Mad
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4mo
...but as it was applied in that case, it penalized them.
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4mo
usually caught by infielders
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4mo
qualified his comment by saying that MM's pop flies go 400 feet!
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