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The rule is " any fly ball easily handled by an infielder ". It doesn't say , " in the infield ". It doesn't have to be a high fly IN the infield! What most people don't know is that it is to be called at the appex of the ball's flight ! Slow yourself down in your explainsion. Your doing a great job!,
Thanks! I'm glad you found it helpful - and yes, the umpire usually points at the batter who's running down the first base line and gives the out sign while saying "infield fly, batter's out".
@@buildingbetterbaseballactually we point straight up and tell “Infield Fly!! Batter is out!!” Then give the out sign. Or if the ball is hitting an area that could result in a potential foul ball we yell “Infield Fly!! Batter is out if fair!!” We do not point at the batter / runner.
0:52 in and you've already gotten it wrong -- it does NOT have to be in the infield. It has to be able to be caught (but not actually caught) by an infielder with ordinary effort. Unless these are some weird super-specific to some league rules, that is not an infield fly rule.
Worst rule in Baseball. Rewarding a team for poor defensive and doesn’t exist for a man on 1st with less than 2 outs. So you can still manipulate 2 outs. They should not reward an auto out, but remove the force out. Make it so that fielders can only get an out by tagging a runner or tagging a runner when 2 runners are on a base. Home base does not count as a base.
@Yoshi’s Woolly World but it’s mean to reward bad fielding? How about if the fielder doesn’t catch the ball then there is no force out unit the ball is dead?
@yoshiwoollyworld so tag one. Making defense chase a runner is better than rewarding bad fielding. Imagine bases loaded and you had to tag a runner. It would be chaos for the defense as they walk back runners on the bases.
This doesn't help the defense. It helps the runners. A high fly ball in the infield would cause the the runners to stay tagged up. If not for the infield fly rule, the fielder could intentionally let the ball drop to the ground then pick up and get a quick double-play. Doesn't help the defense...it helps the runners.
That's a great question! You're correct that they can still do that, but all I can say is that's the rule. Here's a link to the MLB website explaining the rule in detail. www.mlb.com/news/the-infield-fly-rule-a-history-and-explanation. Sorry I couldn't be more help!
@@buildingbetterbaseball , been watching your videos, always give them a thumbs up. Your trying to help people understand the game I get it! Maybe I can help! With a runner on first only , pop up in the infield to say shortstop , runner on first is going to stay put, batter should be at first before ball is purposely dropped, therefore it's still only ONE out.. Hope this helps!! If your really on top of the game, you could use this rule to get rid of a fast or good base runner!! Drop on purpose to force the faster runner to second, for the force out. Get it??
Infield fly doesn't apply because the defense cannot force more than one out. If the ball is dropped, the batter runner simply runs to first. If it's caught, the runner on first just stays. You end up with one out either way. The only benefit is that the defense sort of gets to pick which runner they want on first. But they cannot pick two outs. Unless the batter runner doesn't run. But then they deserve the double play.
@yoshiwoollyworld if it is a pop fly enough to qualify for infield fly rule if there had been more runners, then there's time to get from home to first.
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The rule is " any fly ball easily handled by an infielder ". It doesn't say , " in the infield ". It doesn't have to be a high fly IN the infield! What most people don't know is that it is to be called at the appex of the ball's flight ! Slow yourself down in your explainsion. Your doing a great job!,
The clearest infield fly rule video I've ever watched. Thank you.
Great explanation! Especially the reason for the rule. Is the ump also required to make an out sign?
Thanks! I'm glad you found it helpful - and yes, the umpire usually points at the batter who's running down the first base line and gives the out sign while saying "infield fly, batter's out".
Yes , the umpire should yell " infield fly ,batters out". You dont have to say " if fair".
@@buildingbetterbaseballactually we point straight up and tell “Infield Fly!! Batter is out!!” Then give the out sign. Or if the ball is hitting an area that could result in a potential foul ball we yell “Infield Fly!! Batter is out if fair!!” We do not point at the batter / runner.
@@stevehamman4465actually you do if the ball is in an area of a potential foul result.
Doesn’t have to be in the infield, it can be on the grass.
Absolutely. He didn't touch on that at all.
0:52 in and you've already gotten it wrong -- it does NOT have to be in the infield. It has to be able to be caught (but not actually caught) by an infielder with ordinary effort. Unless these are some weird super-specific to some league rules, that is not an infield fly rule.
Thank you very much
You’re most welcome Joey!
Must a runner tag up before trying to reach the next base.
Yes
Depends if the ball is caught or not. Runner advances at risk. If the ball is not caught, tag up is not required.
Beware of this video alot of this information is incorrect.
But it will start people off in the right direction!
@@stevehamman4465 it's not complicated enough that it needs to be explained incorrectly.
Worst rule in Baseball. Rewarding a team for poor defensive and doesn’t exist for a man on 1st with less than 2 outs. So you can still manipulate 2 outs.
They should not reward an auto out, but remove the force out. Make it so that fielders can only get an out by tagging a runner or tagging a runner when 2 runners are on a base. Home base does not count as a base.
@Yoshi’s Woolly World but it’s mean to reward bad fielding? How about if the fielder doesn’t catch the ball then there is no force out unit the ball is dead?
@Yoshi’s Woolly World not if they loose the force play and have to tag the runner.
@yoshiwoollyworld so tag one. Making defense chase a runner is better than rewarding bad fielding. Imagine bases loaded and you had to tag a runner. It would be chaos for the defense as they walk back runners on the bases.
This doesn't help the defense. It helps the runners. A high fly ball in the infield would cause the the runners to stay tagged up. If not for the infield fly rule, the fielder could intentionally let the ball drop to the ground then pick up and get a quick double-play. Doesn't help the defense...it helps the runners.
What if there’s runner on first base only…. The defense don’t catch the ball on purpose and still can get double play… why?
That's a great question! You're correct that they can still do that, but all I can say is that's the rule.
Here's a link to the MLB website explaining the rule in detail. www.mlb.com/news/the-infield-fly-rule-a-history-and-explanation.
Sorry I couldn't be more help!
@@buildingbetterbaseball , been watching your videos, always give them a thumbs up. Your trying to help people understand the game I get it! Maybe I can help! With a runner on first only , pop up in the infield to say shortstop , runner on first is going to stay put, batter should be at first before ball is purposely dropped, therefore it's still only ONE out.. Hope this helps!! If your really on top of the game, you could use this rule to get rid of a fast or good base runner!! Drop on purpose to force the faster runner to second, for the force out. Get it??
@@stevehamman4465 thanks for the help Steve 👍
Infield fly doesn't apply because the defense cannot force more than one out. If the ball is dropped, the batter runner simply runs to first. If it's caught, the runner on first just stays. You end up with one out either way. The only benefit is that the defense sort of gets to pick which runner they want on first. But they cannot pick two outs. Unless the batter runner doesn't run. But then they deserve the double play.
@yoshiwoollyworld if it is a pop fly enough to qualify for infield fly rule if there had been more runners, then there's time to get from home to first.