"Infield fly rule. Batter's out" Jeff Broadwick ConVergence Technologies, Inc. 312-205-2519 Office 574-220-7826 Cell jbroadw...@converge-tech.com
> On May 20, 2017, at 12:49 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > Maybe I have just never noticed them calling anything. Watching the ball > etc. What do they say? “Catchable”? > > From: Jeff Broadwick - Lists > Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2017 10:26 AM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Baseball > > 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.
