The Milwaukee Brewers scored a run in the top of the first last night thanks in large part to a pop up that dropped on the infield. Because the Chicago Cubs went on to score four runs in the bottom of the frame and win the game, we didn’t have to scream and thrash and go completely wild about the lack of an infield fly rule call on the play.
That’s especially good, since anyone beefing probably would’ve been wrong. Although most of the elements were there for an infield fly call – runners on first and second, fewer than two outs, a pop up on the infield – the problem was the sun. Specifically, it prevented any of the Cubs’ infielders from locating/reaching the ball and keeping the play in the realm of one that could be completed with “ordinary effort”:
The Cubs let this pop up fall and the bases are loaded pic.twitter.com/0aXllLtEso
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) October 8, 2025fwiw, Craig Counsell said the umpires made right decision not deeming it an infield fly.Counsell: “You have to have a player that's going to catch it to call infield fly, and we never had a player really close to catching it. Right call. I was hoping they made the wrong call, they did not.”
— Meghan Montemurro (@mmontemurro.bsky.social) 2025-10-09T02:37:53.425ZIt became clear at the apex of the pop up that it was going to take a herculean effort for someone to catch the ball, so the idea is that the infielders can no longer “trick” the runners (which is why the rule exists). Correct call.
As for the Cubs on the play, I have a hard time getting TOO upset about the drop, itself, since that sun really was in a perfectly horrible position on that particular direction of a pop up. Just bad luck. What I didn’t love was that nobody stayed home at second base to secure a pretty easy force out – both Dansby Swanson and Nico Hoerner drifted toward the pop up, presumably hoping it would come into view in time for them to reach it. I understand that, though it kinda looked like Swanson did see it, and kept pursuing even when it was clear he wasn’t going to be able to reach it. He probably should’ve peeled back to second base much sooner than he did.
But, hey. Flukey, weird, unpredictable play. Didn’t matter. Won’t get too upset at anyone involved. Instead, it’s just kind of an interesting thing that happened.
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