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.
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
I never thought I would get it! I knew it had something to do with getting more runners on base and screwing them, but I don’t know enough about baseball to work it out.
Close. You pop the ball high into a nimbus so that it lands in an airfield, where a pilot will grab it off the runway. Meanwhile one of two snipers in the ATC tower captures the flag for the other base, and sneaks in a kill on the pilot, unless he drops 3 bags of luggage first
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.
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
Ah thanks. I’ve always wondered why they had that rule.
I never thought I would get it! I knew it had something to do with getting more runners on base and screwing them, but I don’t know enough about baseball to work it out.
Woooooo, I did something useful today
Close. You pop the ball high into a nimbus so that it lands in an airfield, where a pilot will grab it off the runway. Meanwhile one of two snipers in the ATC tower captures the flag for the other base, and sneaks in a kill on the pilot, unless he drops 3 bags of luggage first