You make the ruling

[Haid D' Salaami]

 

In the spirit of @MidAmUmp and his "What would you do?" series, here is a situation to untangle:

 

R1, R2 with one out.  B3 swings and hits F2's mitt and hits a pop-up towards F4 which is declared an infield fly by BU.  The ball tips off F4's glove and rolls into the outfield.  R2 scores and R1 ends up at third.  B3 is standing on first base.

 

Now what? 

 

Look at the play first.  Batter is out on the IFF and runners advanced.

 

Because the batter did not reach 1B, you  enforce the CI.

 

The enforcement includes the OM having a choice of the CI or the play.  If he takes the CI he has bases loaded with one out.  If he takes the play he has a run, a runner on 3B, and two outs (batter out).

 

yea.. that about sums up this play....

 

PU has some work to do on this play..

 

" That's CI".... "IFF".. once the ball is dropped, Pu should say... He's out, He's out, he's still out.."... let the runners advance ( cause they can advance at their own risk).... then when all playing action is over...."time, I had CI, you 1st base, you 3rd, you 2nd...."... let the Offensive coach come out and tell me what he wants.