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Dr. Strange

(25,915 posts) Tue May 5, 2015, 12:22 AM May 2015

Game in Japan ends on walk-off dropped infield fly rule

Just when you think you've seen everything.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25173472/watch-game-in-japan-ends-on-walk-off-dropped-infield-fly-rule

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Game in Japan ends on walk-off dropped infield fly rule (Original Post) Dr. Strange May 2015 OP

Yep---good call. trumad May 2015 #1

Watch it happen in the U.S. now Auggie May 2015 #2

trumad

(41,692 posts)

1. Yep---good call.

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2015, 07:15 AM

May 2015

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The infield fly rule exists for plays exactly like this. If not for the infield fly rule, Tokyo could have let the ball drop (like they did!), stepped on home plate for one out and thrown to third for another out and the inning-ending double play.

Baseball, man. You see something new every day.

Auggie

(31,125 posts)

2. Watch it happen in the U.S. now

Reply to Dr. Strange (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2015, 07:40 AM

May 2015

These weird things seem to come in bunches

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