# Baseball's Sacrifice Fly Rules **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 4, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseballs-sacrifice-fly-rules/783698 "2017-04-04T00:16:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseballs-sacrifice-fly-rules/783698/41 "2017-04-08T11:29:40Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > There are no bases in cricket, no runners on base, and hence no need to for fielders to keep an any on them. There are (effectively) two bases in cricket, there are always two runners on base. As you correctly stated the catcher and wicket keeper are equivalent so they are covering the batters base and it’s a standard cricketing mantra for either the bowler or nearest fieldsman to get to the stumps at the bowlers/pitchers end if there’s any chance of an out at that “base”. (and I use the terminology of always two runners on base for cricket because the batter can be dismissed run out or stumped without leaving base) ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseballs-sacrifice-fly-rules/783698/42 "2017-04-09T12:17:50Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > I’ve only had one coffee this morning so when I was reading “sacrifice fly” my brain was saying “infield fly” and the subsequent answers were confusing as hell. Why wasn’t anyone saying that the infield fly rule only applies IF FAIR?!?! Now that I understand the question, I realize it has been sufficiently answered. Indeed, many a sac fly has been recorded on balls caught in foul territory. I had the same problem until I got to your post.:smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseballs-sacrifice-fly-rules/783698.md?page=2)