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Metallicube on 10 October 2012
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theRepublic said:
Metallicube said:

Ugh, as usual, yet another team rolls over and dies for the Cards in the playoffs, along with their typical luck. I would not be surprised if they waltz their way to yet another world series. *BARF*
Seriously, 3 errors by the Braves? And that infield fly rule call by the ump was ridiculous. That ball clearly landed in the outfield. I swear, the Cards are the anti-Cubs in terms of luck in the post season..

God I hate them.

The infield fly rule has nothing to do with where the ball lands.  Watch this for a good explaination of the rule.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25339817&topic_id=7417714

Ok, I get the rule that if the infielder catches it without extra effort it's ruled an infield fly, I just think it's a flawed rule in some respects. If all it takes for it to be an infield fly rule is for the infielder to make the catch, couldn't the infielder just drift even farther back into the outfield on a towering pop fly and make a catch in order to stop a potential sac fly from occuring?

And going back to the "without extra effort," well to me it looked like the short stop DID require an "extra effort" to drift back and set himself up to make the catch.

I just think it's bizzare that you can put a ball in play that does not get caught, doesn't even get thrown in attempt to throw out a baserunner, and still somehow record an out.