The Infield Fly Rule: A Thorough Explanation

In the cubs vs brewers playoff game there was a controversial fly ball in the infield but it was not called an infield fly. Here’s why… An infield fly is only ever called with runners on first and second or bases loaded. The batter is called out and the runners advance at their own risk. This prevents infielders from purposely dropping it and getting a double or triple play. Now an infield fly is called if a fly ball is fair, it can’t be a bunt or line drive, and it can be caught with ordinary e