Yup. A decent ump calls it while it's still in the air. Jeff Broadwick ConVergence Technologies, Inc. 312-205-2519 Office 574-220-7826 Cell jbroadw...@converge-tech.com
> On May 20, 2017, at 12:23 PM, Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net> wrote: > > LOL, they probably wanted to use that excuse but 50 year old guys playing > night games with sketchy eyesight means it’s a 50/50 chance the ball gets > caught. In this case, umm, no. But that is what the infield fly rule is > designed to prevent. > > Rory > > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com > Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2017 9:01 AM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Baseball > > So on the Wednesday night play, did the defense not catch it on purpose? > > From: Rory Conaway > Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2017 9:57 AM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Baseball > > I still play baseball in an old mans little league in Phoenix and yes, it’s > called all the time. Statistically, you just don’t see a lot of infield fly > balls in the majors because they can hit it 400’. Hang around our league and > it’s pretty common because we can’t. Had one called Wednesday night in fact. > > Rory > > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com > Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2017 8:26 AM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: [AFMUG] OT Baseball > > Has anyone ever actually seen an umpire call the infield fly rule? I was > just discussing it with my wife and I realized I have never seen it that I > can remember. > > I don’t watch a lot of baseball, but like a drop kick in football, I have > never seen one one of those either. > So now caught in the depths of youtube hell watching NFL trick plays. Nice > way to enjoy a Saturday morning.
