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| Aug. 27, 2015 SCUBA 83 posts | INFIELD FLY In an infield fly situation, is the ability of the infielder a factor in determining whether a pop-up requires ordinary effort? What one shortstop can do with ordinary effort may require extraordinary effort for another. Especially in league play, many umpires are aware of players' abilities. What's the call? |
| Aug. 28, 2015 stick8 1991 posts | Yes orinary effort |
| Aug. 28, 2015 SSUSA Staff 3489 posts | 2013 Eastern Nationals ... IFR situation in an 80's game, with 2B playing back on the grass ... Lazy popup that landed half-way between P and 2B, with 2B trying to get forward, but not even close ... Appropriately, no IFR called ... Any other 2B on, say, a 65's or younger team would have gobbled it up ... Ordinary effort is judged by all facts and circumstances present at that time, including player abilities ... |
| Aug. 28, 2015 SCUBA 83 posts | stick8, please elaborate. |
| Aug. 28, 2015 stick8 1991 posts | In laymans language ordinary effort means taking a minimum amount of steps toward a position underneath the infield pop-up and waiting to catch it. Had a play just last weekend (mens game): bases loaded no outs. Batter hits a pop-up halfway between home and third in fair territory. No one moved toward catching it. Amongst the defensive team and their dugout chants of "infield fly ump" I didn't call anything. Finally the third baseman came sprinting in and at the last second made a diving catch. The infield fly rule doesn't apply there. It was more than the ordinary or minimum effort. |
