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The infield fly rule is a rule of baseball and softball that treats certain fly balls as though caught, before the ball is caught, even if the infielder fails to catch it or drops it on purpose. The umpire 's declaration of an infield fly means that the batter is out (and all force plays are removed) regardless of whether the ball is caught.
The Infield Fly Rule (now covered by Major League Baseball rules 6.05e and 2.00), was adopted in the 1890s to prevent situations in which fielders could take advantage of base runners by intentionally allowing a ball to drop with runners on first and second or bases loaded and less than two outs in order to turn a double play or triple play on the base runners.
Pointing out examples of dubious play from professional baseball in the 1890s that led to the infield fly rule, the article turned to its legal analogy. Stevens argued that the infield fly rule "emerged from the interplay of four factors, each of which closely resembles a major force in the development of the common law." [1]:1478
"The ball was hit and infield fly was ruled on the play. [third base umpire] Junior [Valentine] came in with interference on Andrew Vaughn, the runner on second base.
In baseball, a sacrifice fly (sometimes abbreviated to sac fly) is defined by Rule 9.08(d): [1] "Score a sacrifice fly when, before two are out, the batter hits a ball in flight handled by an outfielder or an infielder running in the outfield in fair or foul territory that is caught, and a run scores after the catch, or
An infield fly and interference call loomed large in a game for the second time in less than a week. This time it was the New York Yankees and Juan Soto. The Yankees had the bases loaded with no ...
Jul. 12—INDIANAPOLIS — Sports are constantly adapting, altering rules and adjusting to make improvements in the game. Much like last week's announcements of changes for high school baseball in ...
Martinez also had a 5.8% "infield fly ball percentage", [18] meaning that 5.8% of the fly balls he hit were infield pop-ups. [ 17 ] In 2010, FanGraphs noted that the "league average" for batted ball rates was 44% ground balls, 35% fly balls, and 21% line drives (the three figures sum to 100%) with 11% of fly balls being infield pop-ups.