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Feb 22, 2022 · Views: 82227. The infield fly rule takes effect on a fair fly ball that, in the judgment of the umpire, can be caught by an infielder, pitcher, or catcher with ordinary effort and when there are runners on first and second or first, second, and third and less than two outs. Line drives and bunts do not apply to this rule.
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May 13, 2019 · There must be runners on first and second base, or the bases must be loaded (runners on first, second, and third). There must be no outs or one out in the inning. The batter must hit a fly ball or popup (not a line drive), over fair territory, and in the vicinity of the infield. It is not a requirement that the ball not reach the outfield grass.
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Apr 1, 2020 · Rule 5.09 (a) (12): Under Official Baseball Rule 5.09 (a) (12), the batter is out, the ball is dead, and runner (s) return to their original base (s) when an infielder intentionally drops a fair fly ball or line drive with runners on first, first and second, first and third, or bases loaded (with less than two out). Note that the batter is not ...
A related rule called the intentional drop rule [15] applies even when second base is unoccupied (so long as first-base is occupied), and applies even when the batted ball is a line drive or a bunt that could be caught on the fly. This rule likewise prevents a fielder from deliberately dropping a ball and thereby achieving a double or triple play.
⚾ Can a line drive be called an infield fly? No, a line drive cannot be ruled as an infield fly. The infield fly rule only applies to fly balls, which are specifically defined as balls that are hit into the air and can be caught with ordinary effort by an infielder.
Oct 22, 2010 · Also, probably shouldn’t fail to consider a similar play that isn’t covered by the infield fly rule per se but is remarkably similar. In the same situations that the infield fly rule applies, fielders aren’t permitted to intentionally drop line drives – if I remember correctly, if a fielder does this, the batter is out and the ball is dead.
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Major League Baseball rule 2.00: Infield Fly rule. October 5, 2012. An INFIELD FLY is a fair fly ball (not including a line drive nor an attempted bunt) which can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort, when first and second, orfirst, second and third bases are occupied, before two are out. The pitcher, catcher and any outfielder who ...
