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The Common Law Origins Of The Infield Fly Rules By William S. Stevens

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Many times there are two different ideas or rules that get compared to each other when they focus on completely different subjects. In such case, an article entitled, “The Common Law Origins of the Infield Fly Rule,” published in the Univ. of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1975. In this article, the author, William S. Stevens, drew an analogy between the development of baseball’s “infield fly rule” and the corresponding development of English common law as it applies to the regulation of human behavior. In order to understand this analogy, one must first get familiar with the concept behind the, “Infield Fly Rule” and English Common Law (Anglo-American Common Law) to see how does this analogy calmed by William S. Stevens. Understanding the idea of …show more content…

The reason why it was created was to even out the play abilities for both the defense and offense, keeping everything on an even playing field. Mention by West University Softball Association, “ To prevent double or triple plays on popups. Imagine bases loaded and a soft popup to third base. Without the infield fly rule, the runners have a dilemma. If they stay close to their bases, the third base player could choose to let the ball drop and get multiple outs by tagging the runner who was on third, stepping on third base to force out the runner from second, and throwing to second base to force out the runner from first.” If the “Infield Fly Rule” wouldn’t be created, then the defense would have the an unfair advantage over the offense due to their ability to get three outs on one play. The rule helps control the chances of double and triple plays. Doesn’t seem fair that the defense can get three outs with runners on first and second base with a single popup to end the inning and get the chance win the game easily. That was the reasoning behind the baseball committee to make such a rule to help balance the game a bit more and to make the game more exciting. For the reasons why the “Infield Fly Rule” was created, the English Common Law was establish for manny reasons as

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