IFF Called Retroactively - Ejection Follows

[johnnyg08]

So...I looked up the wind in Charlottesville, Va on April 16 and it looks like it was pretty windy at times with some pretty stiff gusts. The pink numbers are the gusts. 

 

[jimurrayalterego]

33 minutes ago, johnnyg08 said:

So...I looked up the wind in Charlottesville, Va on April 16 and it looks like it was pretty windy at times with some pretty stiff gusts. The pink numbers are the gusts. 

 

To complete the analysis we need the orientation of the stadium, let's say HP to 3B to North🙂

[johnnyg08]

8 hours ago, jimurrayalterego said:

To complete the analysis we need the orientation of the stadium, let's say HP to 3B to North🙂

Since I'm bored this morning

 

[Marcus6]

On 4/18/2026 at 9:34 AM, johnnyg08 said:

We have a general consensus that this was an error by the crew? Correct? 

This was not ordinary effort. The defense should not have been awarded an out. 

PU didn’t call it and Clemson’s head coach came out but it also looked like U1 started to come in to PU at the same time. Is there some NCAA interp that wants IFF called like this? I’m surprised this crew overturned it.

[Jimurray]

1 hour ago, johnnyg08 said:

Since I'm bored this morning

 

Might explain the movement of the ball/F2. 

[Velho]

Sidetracking into the EJ...

After seeing VA Manager post game comments I went back to the video. While the confusion contributed (I imagine? VA had scored three runs that inning to go up 6-3 and he didn't know what was going to be called yet so not sure why Manager was so fired up) the ejection was about "protecting my 3rd base coach" because as PU was coming to talk to Manager, U3 (off-camera) was approaching / yelling and PU with hand up (arguably) dismissively told him to be go back to the coaches box, I don't talk to you. Manager then jumped on PU and after a warning said "you've f****d this up before" and that got him tossed.

 

Announcers got it (though they didn't really know they had).

 

[Velho]

Have to give announcers credit when they do get it right. They summarized it well.

 

 

[johnnyg08]

9 minutes ago, Velho said:

Sidetracking into the EJ...

 "you've f****d this up before" and that got him tossed.

I think Britney sang a song about this.

[Velho]

On to the learnings and rumination for our future plays...

The binary schools of thought are:

A) Ordinary effort for this level on this day (to account for wind). That would be determined at point the ball is hit high enough to be a fly ball fieldable by an infielder but NOT based on what these particular players are doing. Example: pop up to where the second baseman is playing at 10U / 12U and older (at 8U it is not unexpected that F4 runs away  ).

b) Ordinary effort for these players on this day on this play - that's the "at apex, player camped" school of thought. Example: same pop up to F4, camped, "I got it, I got it" and you believe him.

I know the pragmatic answer that drives ow it's called 90%+ of the time but think it's worth delving into given there are the two different schools of thought, as evidenced by our own discussion.

On 4/17/2026 at 10:38 AM, Tog Gee said:

They should have called it when the ball went up,

On 4/17/2026 at 2:43 PM, BigBlue4u said:

Should be when the ball starts to come down.

On 4/17/2026 at 2:56 PM, grayhawk said:

We need to be patient, while still giving the offense the time they need to act accordingly.

17 hours ago, The Man in Blue said:

It doesn’t matter if the catcher made normal effort or did … well … this.  The standard is that it could have been caught with normal effort.

[orangebird]

On 4/17/2026 at 9:03 PM, grayhawk said:

Here's what the BRD has to say:

Very much besides the main point but what is going on with the variety of fonts in this?

[The Man in Blue]

BRD

Childress’s work was genius bordering on 

[johnnyg08]

1 hour ago, orangebird said:

Very much besides the main point but what is going on with the variety of fonts in this?

That's the Carl that we knew and loved. 🙏