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This kills me. This is the second completely bullshit call in a professional sports event in the last couple of weeks. The infield fly rule is aptly named. While it does not have to be an infielder that makes the play it is about proximity to the infield. The distance from the bases in this case made it a fair ball to play for the base runners and also made it not a routine effort. This is the reason for the routine effort clause in the rule. Suffice it to say when an outfielder playing routine depth and an infielder both have a reasonable play on the ball the infield fly rule NEVER applies. Everybody in the stadium knew it was a horse crap call. Every ball player I saw commenting (go Eck!) called it a straight up wrong call. Pity they couldn't just man up and reverse the call because at the time they could have done so without adversely affecting the game. Now it most certainly is to late to rectify the screwup.... Bu they could at least own up to the mistake rather than blowing out this crap.
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