For the Baseball minds - a question

[KitchenWitch]

What the hell is the difference between a pop-out and a fly-out?

[cynatnite]

1. I think they're basically the same...

we always called them pop-outs. They go straight up into the air. Don't quote me, though. :)

[fizzgig]

2. i haven't watched baseball for many years

but is a pop-out infield and a fly-out outfield? that would be my best guess :shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

3. That is kind of what I thought with the added "foul-out" being a pop fly caught in foul territory

but I always wondered why the distinction.

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. Distance

In my head, it's who catches it — infielder, pop-out; outfielder, fly-out. Doesn't matter where it's caught. :shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

5. Okay!

:hi:

figured you would know!

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Well, it's not a thing to 'know'

That's just how I see it. It's not written down anywhere.

[petronius]

7. I think there is some sort of intuitive mathematical relationship between

the height the ball reaches and the distance it travels. I.e., if the ball goes much higher than it goes long, it's a pop-out. If it goes much longer than it goes high, it's a line-out. Somewhere in between is a fly-out.