Alright, has anyone ever watched a baseball game, and wondered why there was a pop-up and the ump called the batter out before the ball was even caught? That is called the infield fly rule.
Basically, if there is less than 2 outs, with runners at first and second, or the bases loaded, if a player hits a pop-up, that the ump feels that the fielder should be able to catch, the batter is called automatically out.
The reason for this rule is so that the fielder can't just drop the ball on purpose, then pick it up and get a double play. This would be an unfair advantage.
Very simple rule, happens very often in baseball, and now you can feel like you know something when you go to a game if you don't actually watch baseball.
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