<acronym title='Infield fly'>IFF</acronym> and Interference

[stl_ump]

IFF and F3 is going to make the catch. R1 runs into him. Dead ball and R1 is out with th BR going to first? Or "double play" both are out?

BTW... Is there a search function on here... couldn't find it.

Thanks

[AJtheUMP]

"IFF batter is out!" ........ "I have interference, runner is out!" easiest double play the defense ever got.

[grayhawk]

"IFF batter is out!" ........ "I have interference, runner is out!" easiest double play the defense ever got.

+1 - just make sure you call time for the interference.

[AJtheUMP]

+1 - just make sure you call time for the interference.

Good catch sir.

[sdix00]

IFF and F3 is going to make the catch. R1 runs into him. Dead ball and R1 is out with th BR going to first? Or "double play" both are out?

BTW... Is there a search function on here... couldn't find it.

Thanks

The best way to search U-E is to use Google.

Here is the search string you would use in a google search box to get the best results.

site:umpire-empire.com (IFF OR "infield fly") AND Interference

-OR-

site:umpire-empire.com IFF Interference

[stl_ump]

What if on the crack of the bat R1 is interfering with F3, even before you can tell if it's an IFF? If you call INT then it's a dead ball right then and there so whatever happens after you make the call would seem to me to be irrelevant.

[UmpJM]

What if on the crack of the bat R1 is interfering with F3, even before you can tell if it's an IFF? If you call INT then it's a dead ball right then and there so whatever happens after you make the call would seem to me to be irrelevant.

stl_ump,

It's kind of weird, but sometimes in baseball, time is "non-linear".

Even if the interference were to happen before the umpire(s) had determined that it was an IFF, you would still enforce both the interference and the IFF. The interference has no bearing on the decision of whether or not the batted ball is an IFF.

Kind of like a BR who is obstructed before reaching 1B on a fly ball to the outfield under OBR rules. You call the obstruction when it happens (in OBR this is "Type A", and, by rule, an immediate dead ball) but then wait to see whether or not the ball is caught. If caught the obstruction is disregarded, if not, the obstruction is enforced.

JM

[AJtheUMP]

At the crack of the bat I wouldn't consider F3 to be in the act of fielding. So I have nothing. Maybe on a fast grounder but not on a ball that qualifies for the IFF.

Edit: And if hes not fielding then I guess he is obstructing, but it depends alot on what happens. HTBT for the crack of the bat Sitch.

[stl_ump]

OK then... a double play it is. Thanks