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Originally Posted by Jayhawkerman2001
infield fly rule is called so that the team on the field won't purposely drop the ball to get a double play. im prety sure its only called if somebody is on first and or second. thats always been my understanding
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yeah, and bases loaded would qualify. In case you didnt follow, there were two outs in the play, Sweeney (IFR) and Beltran (caught at first without tagging up). Question was, is that a double play?
The point in that part is the defense did absolutely nothing to earn that out. Sweeney got himself out, so there can not be a double play awarded to the defense.