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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 Common Law Origins of the Infield Fly Rule" is the title of an article by William S. Stevens published in 1975 in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review analyzing the infield fly rule. [1] The brief eight-page article has vastly surpassed its modest original context, having been cited in federal and state judicial opinions and more than ...
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.
"[An infield fly] is alive and runners may advance at the risk of the ball being caught, or retouch and advance after the ball is touched, the same as on any fly ball. If the hit becomes a foul ...
The technique is quite common in softball because of the difficulty of getting a hit with a pitcher only 40 feet (12 m) away. By already being in the front of the batter's box with the batter's body turned halfway toward first base , the batter already has some momentum toward first base and might be in better position to get a base hit.
OU softball second baseman Alynah Torres left Saturday's WCWS game against UCLA after getting hit in the head after losing a pop fly in the sun. ... Allchin was out on the infield fly, but the ...
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 ...
The infield, containing the four bases, is for general defensive purposes bounded by the foul lines and within the grass line (see figure). The outfield is the grassed area beyond the infield grass line between the foul lines and bounded by a wall or fence. Foul territory is the entire area outside the foul lines.