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Feel free to share some random trivia (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 24 points 6 hours ago (8 children)

The infield fly rule while seemingly incongruous exists to prevent players from deliberately failing to secure an easy out in order to force their opponent into an almost certain double play (2 outs)

When a ball is hit into the air in play in the infield with 0 or 1 out already recorded, the umpires will call the infield fly rule immediately, the play becomes dead and the player who hit the ball is considered to be out

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  • [–] 5 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

    OK, let's see if I got it.

    I pop a fly ball high so it lands in the infield, where someone will probably catch it. Meanwhile the runners get onto two bases. On the next batter I can go for the kill and get 3 outs.

    I know damned well I messed that up.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    You did but that's ok. It's actually more like this, you pop it up and there is already another player on first base (a super critical point I completely omitted)

    If there were not an infield fly rule, I as the defending team would let the easy pop fly catch drop, failing to secure the out.

    This forces the player on first to run for second, and the batter to run to first.

    I pick up the ball in front of me and throw to 2nd for a force out, then to first for a second force out aka a double play.

    The opportunity for the double play shouldn't exist because I should have caught the batter out

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