P’s UPDATE, a program that updates common knowledge in the baseball world, is now available on YouTube, the official YouTube channel of PERSOL Pacific League TV. The theme of the June 26 (Thursday) broadcast was “Infield Fly. The guest was former NPB umpire member Ryo Sakai Taro Nishioka, along with Tsuyoshi Nishioka and Shohei Tateyama, who delved deeper into the rules.
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The infield fly is a rule that protects the attacker from an intentional dropped ball that results in a double play. The video footage from Pacific League was introduced with commentary from Sakai and others. One of them was a play regarding a small fly on a bunt as a “0.1-second game.
The play was made on September 10, 2024, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham against Saitama Seibu. With no outs, the bunt went for a small fly, but catch got into position. Hiromi Ito pitcher The batter, who was in position, pulled his glove and intentionally dropped the ball to make a double play. Some said, “Drop it!” and although it was an intentional drop, this does not constitute an intentional drop, according to Sakai.
Sakai said, “Intentional dropped balls are when a player uses his own body to drop a batted ball. This is not an intentional dropped ball because it is not specifically mentioned,” he explained. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham vs. Chiba Lotte on July 20, 2019, also catcher ・ Tatsuhiro Tamura player dares to drop the ball and take a double play, which also does not touch the glove.
There is also a point in how the double play is taken: in the 2024 play, the out is taken from hitter runner, but Sakai says that to make it easier, first base runner should be the out. The reason is that if you get hitter runner out first, possession of first base runner remains, and if runner is touching back to first base, you may not be able to make the out.
In fact, on the 2019 play Shogo Nakamura The player returned to first base runner first to make the out and then stepped on the base to make the out hitter runner. If the order was reversed, first base runner would be safe and the play would not live. The play showed that players’ understanding of the rules is also important.
P’s UPDATE” is available on the official YouTube channel of Persol Pacific League TV and Persol Pacific League TV.
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