I had an analogy about the Queen's genitals, but I think I'll go with the Sports Freak analogy instead. "The Infield Fly Rule is very good. If a fly lands in the infield, the home team is responsible for supplying the fly-swatter, bug spray, or whatever it takes to get rid of the pest. If the fly lands on your hotdog, it's your responsibility."

Actually, the Infield Fly Rule is called when there are less than two outs and runners are on first and second, or the bases are loaded. The umpire signals an infield fly when a fair fly ball (bunts and line drives don't count....oy....) is ruled catchable by an infielder. The batter is automatically out, and the runners can advance at their own risk because the ball isn't dead, only sleeping.

The Infield Fly Rule prevents infielders from dropping pop-flies on purpose to get a double play, which would be ridiculously easy, because runners have to wait on or near their bases to see if the ball is caught before they can run.

Spaw